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Welcome to //Truespelwiki ....... by Tom Zurinskas [[image:tom_crop_11-04.jpg width="90" height="100"]]//
Truespel is an improved phonetic spelling developed by me as a replacement for the tired, old, nonstandardized phonetic spellng systems in our dictionaries that no one uses or remembers. Truespel is easy to use and remember because it uses merely the 26 letters of the alphabet to spell the 40 sounds of USA English; no special symbols. Thus, it's keyboard friendly. This is a huge advantage. Phonetic spelling is now easy.
 * //What is Truespel//**

//**Learning Truespel
 * //How long does it take to learn truespel? For a person literate in English already, it takes just a few minutes. Here is the quick tutorial. Below is a sentence with all 40 sounds of USA English in it.

//That quick beige fox jumped in the air over each thin dog. Look out, I shout, for he's foiled you again, creating chaos. //Now in truespel. //That kwik baezh faaks jumpd in thee air oever eech thhin daug. Look out, ie shout, for heez foild yue uggen, kreeyyaeting kaeyaas. // //**Below are the two truespel rules.
 * //The Two Rules of Truespel

//**Default __stress__ is on the first syllable. To show stress on other than the first syllable, a double consonant is used. The only exception is "thh", which spells the "unvoiced th". To start a stressed vowel it’s "tthh". For the other consonants that are two letters, stress is shown by doubling the first letter, sh=ssh, ch=cch, th=tth, zh=zzh. An example in traditional spelling is “desert” and “dessert”. The ss shows stress on the second syllable.
 * //1. Truespel shows stress

//**The __apostrophe__ has two uses. An apostrophe comes between two consecutive vowels: For example,"chaos" is ~kae'aas (or k~aeyyaas if you say it with a "y" glide). However, If the second of two vowels in a row starts a stressed syllable use a double apostrophe or quote mark. For example, “create” is ~kree”aet (or ~kreeyyaet if you say it with a "y" glide). An apostrophe also comes at the end of a word for a glottal stop (which is often used in street talk). For example, the "t" at the end of words is often glottalized such that "what" could be said as ~wu'. Also, “bottle” is often said ~baa’ool.
 * //2. Truespel shows glottal stops

//**That's all there is to truespel. Because it shows stess in words, truespel is unique. It is the world’s first “pronunciation guide spelling” of USA English. It can and should replace current dictionary phonetic spelling with a keyboard friendly one. A listing of phonemes with many truespel spellings is given at truespel.com.
 * //Summary of Truespel Tutorial

To accomplish English-friendliness, in truespel the commonest spelling of a sound is used to spell that sound unless it conflicts with some words in traditional English spelling (tradspel). For example, the letter "a" isn't used in truespel to spell the sound "ah" as in "father", because "hot" would be spelled ~hat (note tilde (~) sign indicates truespel). Not good. The best way to spell the vowel in "hot" is with ~aa, which is not confusing although not very typical in English. (It is friendly to other languages for this sound.) Also, a better use for the letter "a" is to spell the vowel in "at, cab, sad" (~at, ~kab, ~sad). This spelling for that sound is the most common for letter "a" and with no conflicts. So, basically, this was the process used in developing truespel: to use the commonest spelling of sounds yet avoid tradspel conflicts.
 * //How Friendly is Truespel//**

After years of researching alternative spelling on the internet, I went ahead and respelled the English language in truespel using the best choices for the 40 phonemes. I did it by listening to talking dictionaries, ignoring any other phonetic spelling. This had to be done because schwa in dictionaries (a vague unstressed vowel) is a special symbol and is replaced in truespel by the vowel sound it resembles. To hear that sound required listening to all words.
 * //How English was Respelled in Truespel//**

You can see English respelled in USA accent at [|truespel.com]. It's free and available for everyone. Just click on the converter at the site to write in truespel. Paste or type text in the text converter and see it converted with a click on the convert button. This will show a phonetic spelling ofUSA accent for English that is the best available today based on on true USA pronunciation. Also, you can change the whole internet to truespel by entering a site address in the URL translator and see it come up in truespel. Thus, the whole internet is just a few clicks away from being phonetically spelled in truespel.
 * //Truespel is Free and Everywhere//**


 * Benefits of Truespel**

1. Truespel makes phonetic spelling easy to do with regular letters. I was able to use it in spreadsheet programs to analyze the way USA English is pronounced. See Authorhouse for Truespel Book One.

2. Truespel creates for the first time a useful standard. There is no standard in our dictionaries for phonetic spelling now.

3. Truespel can be used as an initial spelling system for learners. A phonetics first spelling system was tried before using IBM's "Writing to Read" system, and was proven successful with thousands of k-1 grade kids. Truspel would for the first time link phonetics in grade schools with their dictionary key spellings.

4. Truespel can be the basis for phonetic spelling for all major languages. An example of this is shown in Truespel Book One.

5. Truespel can help with pronunciation for non-native speakers. Folks from various countries are using truespel for pronunciation guidance.

In summary, now that we know that phoneme awareness is key learning how to read, we now have the best way to learn it. I'm happy to assist with any application of truespel.

Tom Zurinskas Creator of truespel.