Truespel Analysis of USA English

A new book Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English gives a new understanding of the sounds English. It shows the frequency of use of the phonemes of English, USA accent. It compares those phonemes to other languages and graphs the differences. It compares how often a phoneme appears in the dictionary versus common usage as printed in a newspaper. Its biggest contribution is the detailed listing of the number of ways the USA English speech sounds are spelled, showing the percentages of each way.

What things can be gleaned from Truespel Book One about USA English that you didnt know before? These things:
- What are the commonest and least common sounds
- What sounds appear more frequently in speech than the dictionary?
- What are the commonest ways each of our speech sounds are spelled?
- Which sounds are spelled the most various ways?
- Which sounds are mostly ignored and not spelled at all?
- What sounds never appear next to other sounds?
- What various sounds can come from certain traditional letter combinations?

To accomplish this analysis, the author, Thomas E. Zurinskas, has respelled the English language in a 60k-word conversion dictionary. Truespel is, in fact, a replacement pronunciation guide for USA English dictionaries. The use of regular letters allows computers keyboard entries. This should eventuate in upgrading word processors so that words can be phonetically entered to return correct spelling. The pronunciation is typical of USA media. Thus an initial use of truespel can be for accent reduction

Truespel is also envisioned as an initial phonetic spelling system for learners and as a standard spelling for translation guides. It integrates for the first time these three literacy areas (pronunciation guide, beginning reader, and translation guide). Children using a phonetic system as a beginning reader (rather than whole word or analytic phonics) can begin writing as well as reading. This approach is shown to increased self confidence and gives positive transfer to traditional spelling as demonstrated in a recent 5 year study in Scotland, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/education/ins4-00.asp

Truespel is freely available. A free English-to-truespel converter is on the web at http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm Teachers can use it to make pronunciation lessons. The pronunciation key is on the first page at bottom (or see truespel.com). In fact, any book in English is just a conversion away from being written in truespel.

Truespel Book One also includes the text of a tutorial on truespel that can be obtained in the form of a separate orderable CD that takes only 1-hour to achieve fair proficiency. The CD uses nonsense words and has an aptitude test for phonemic awareness at the end that can be graded.

Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English is available at http://www.1stBooks.com/bookview/16593 ($16.75) and as an ebook at ($3.95) or call 1stBooks at 800/839-8640 (Toll Free) 812/339-6000 (Outside USA and Canada). Interested individuals can contact the author at tzurinskas@yahoo.com

Thomas E. Zurinskas
322 Pine Ridge Circle, B-2
Greenacres, FL 33463
561-965-0593
tzurinskas@yahoo.com