[Spellyans] kist, Crist

[Craig Weatherhill]

My point entirely, Nicholas.  It is utterly confusing, especially to 
those poor people who will be attempting to learn the language.  Surely, 
it would have made much more sense to reserve y for the short vowel (and 
in final position) and i for the long one.  Nice and easy for all, and 
could have been learned easily and with confidence.  I thought that KK 
did this, but examination of George's dictionary shows that this isn't 
the case at all.  It's just as confusingly inconsistent there, as well.

Craig


nicholas williams wrote:
> Dan's dictionary gives kist 'box, chest' and gives the pronunciation  
> [kIst] i.e. a short i spelt <i>.
> On the other hand Dan's dictionary gives Krist, Crist 'Christ' and  
> gives the pronunciation [kri:st].
> Other words with <ist> and a long vowel are trist 'sad' and jist  
> 'joist'. Should kist not be kyst?
>
> Nicholas
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