QUESTIONS - AND ANSWERS - IN ENGLISH
1Q Who originated the Statement "English spelling is in a state of “confusion and disorder”"?.
A John Hart who wrote it in th Chester Herald in 1569. His ideas for improvement were not accepted.
2 Q Can hyperlexic children cope with PI?
A This is unknown. Hyperlexic Children having a condition which is the opposite of Dyslexic , so can read from the age of 2, often without tuition, so initially this skill is a great help. About two in every 10,000 children with "autism spectrum disorders" have hyperlexia. PI is aimed for people with Dyslexia, but there is no reason to think it would cause problems with people who are hyperlexic.
3 Q Why is it called Progresiv Inglish when it seems very difficult to understand?
A There has been a lot of dissatisfaction with the irregularitis and confusion of the English Langusge for 600 years. Efforts have been made to "sort it out" during the last 500 years, but all have failed. People who have learnt all the "irregularities", don't see why others should snot suffer in the same way. Few people have difficulty reading PI, because everything is logical. Writing PI can cause problems. But if you start in agreement that it is absurd writing all the letters that no one ever says because they are "silent", this is a start. It is then possible to progress through all the other "PI RUULS" until you become proficient. Reading and writing is a communication skill. Still using English words when there is a PI alternative does not usually cause problems to a reader.
4 Q In PI the letters A B C G I J K O P Q R T Y are used as single word letters yet U which is the acceptable for all Texts ( e.g. C U soon ) is not used. Why is this?.
A You is considered to be 2 sounds. The constant Y which is formed at the back of the mouth, with the lips in grin situation followed by the U sound which is formed at the front of the mouth with the lips in Kiss position. The U is in sound 2 (as in Mute - Not Mut) and therefore the word is spelt yuu. You will is aften cut to you'll in English, so becomed yuul in PI.
5 Q There seems to be a big change between the spelling of illnesses (Nausia, Diarrhoea, Cough )?
A. PI has no "root" other than loyalty to the sound.
Nausea is Constant Sounds N + OR + S + (unusually both a & i in Sound 1 ) making Norsia.
Diarrhoea is Constant Sounds Di + OR + ear giving Diorear or Dioreer
Cough is K (no c in PI) + O ( o in sounf 1) and constant sounf F making COF.
6. Q Surely O has 3 sounds Hop, Hope and Hoop?
A. In English, it can be argued that "o" has several sounds depending on adjacent letters.
However, in PI , HOP is clearly the constant letters H & P with vowel "O" in Sound 1 between.
In Hope the vowel "O" is in Second Sound, so in PI is Hoop.
"OO" is a big problem because it is a distinstive sound far removed from "O" in sownd 1 . It has been tried as reeplaced by "u" in sownd 2 but prefered as a seperate sound as "linked "O" s . Words incluud Fool, Hoop, Kool, Pool, Rool, Tool. NB English "wool" becums wul in PI - no connection between the English "Hoop & Wool " sounds .
7. Q. Several attempts to change the English Language have replaced "as" with "az but PI has left as "as" ?
Dislexics and illiterates who feel at home with PI will still have to cope with some "English" for the forseeable future. Therefore, in PI, the spelling of words has been left wherever possible provided the basic "PI RUULS" are met.
"Hissing Sid is sitting on the Settee" all keeps to the basic "s" sound and we are happy with is leaving the "z" to more definite "z" sounds like jeopadise (PI jepodiiz ); easy (PI eezi ) ; Zoo; Zebra. Kisses (PI kisez ).
8 Q. The big majority of vowels in words are in sound 2. In some attempts at English laguages changes, they have used the single wowel for the 2 sound and the double vowel e.g. "aa", for the vowel in sound 1. This means far less changes to words and easier to read?
A. This is all correct. The difficulty is that PI is a totally logical and regular language. It is logical that "A" in short sound 1 is written a "a" and that "A" in long sound 2 is written as "aa". So there is an initial problem. But, as you get used to sounding all the letter in PI, seeing a vowel twice soon registers in the brain that this is the "long" vowel soind.
9. Q I do not understand the connection between PI and notes of Music - can you please explain further?
A This is a concept that some peeople accept naturally and some may never accept. For a start here are a few iosolated, but connected Q&A
Q What do you do with Gareth Gates, who finds it impossible to have a conversation because of his dreadful stammer?
A Get him to sing. When he hears music he becomes “word perfect” and came No 2 in the Pop Idols Finals.
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Q What do you do for a stressed day old child that won’t stop crying?
A Play Brahms Lullaby or sing Rock a by baby
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Q What do you say to your 93 year old Aunt who has had a stroke and can’t speak?
A Sing a chorus from the Pirates of Penzance and she will soon join in, remembering her days in an amateur operatic society.
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Q What do you say to an a old jazz friend in an Alzheimer's Home where no one can communicate?
A Sing and hum Dr Jazz until he joins in.
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Q Why, when you ask a friend where they they went for their holidays and they say Majorca does your sleeping whippet
cross run across the room, jump on your friends knee and give them a lick?
A The jaw and higher ka sound of Majorca is on the same pitch as when the Owner says walk
Sound and the different pitch and level of sound is understood by mammals at birth, therefore the huge success of lullabies and the range of sound that they use. This is ortomatic and the aim is that PI is ortomatic with no variations and just as written music it has a fixed sound with no variations.
10. Q When I was in school the teachers just gave dyslexics a laptop to use to speed their writing up and so they didn't hold up a lesson. They had extra lessons but I think this was to correct the underlined in red spellings. Can Dyslixics learn English this way?
A The irregularities and inconsistencies in English hold up the education of children by 2 to 3 years. Dyslexics are bullied, made to feel inferior and treated as being backward. English Teachers are NOT Dyslixic by definition and are most unlikely to understand the problems that they and their language are causing. It is possible by repeating, repeating and repeating words and forcing Dyslexics to write a word 5,000 times as a penalty to "drive" a word into the mind of a Dyslexic, but it is only one word and nless there is some logical reason they will not be able to spell similar words.