From: Lady <redacted>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 17:31:21 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: start a page for orthography ideas
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start a page for orthography ideas

with middot as first entry
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+# ideas for improving English orthography
+
+This page lists various ideas editors of this wiki have had regarding
+  English orthography and various improvements or changes which might
+  be made there·with.
+
+## middle dot (middot)
+
+::: thread
+
+- I use the middle dot as a “phonological hyphen”—to indicate when
+    parts of words should be pronounced as if they are distinct
+    phonological items.
+  In this sense it takes the place of a dieresis (‹ co·operate › not
+    not ‹ coöperate ›) and clarifies silent E in compound words
+    (‹ code·point ›).
+  It can also be added when not strictly phonologically necessary just
+    to make very long words easier to scan.
+
+  As an exception, I usually don’t use the middle dot with common,
+    known suffixes like _‐ly_{as=i} (as in ‹ lately ›) to reduce
+    visual noise.
+  [][@:Lady]{.sig}
+
+- As a (somewhat) distinct usage, I use the middle dot to separate
+    letters which should be spoken separately (acronyms) as this
+    avoids the end‐of‐sentence confusion that one gets with periods.
+  [][@:Lady]{.sig}
+
+:::