MORE ON CIRCLE S, STROKES S AND ZEE
(A) When an outline has a final joined diphthong, adding a Circle S
means that the diphthong can no longer be joined:
pew pews,
stew stews, due dues
queue/cue queues/cues, few fuse, view views
issue issues, mew mews/muse, new news
bow/bough
bows/boughs, vow vows, sow*
sows
* Sound as in "cow"
deny denies, renews tissues ensues
argues
Matthews values venues avenues menus endows
Between certain awkward combinations of curves, Circle S is written
on the outside angle:
facility loathsome enslave toothsome sophism
A few derivatives keep the original placement of their circle, to aid in
reading back. This may mean that the circle is occasionally written
within the second curve. Note that all of these are N-S-M:
seemly unseemly, some, in some, noisome*,
smith tinsmith
* i.e. "annoy-some" derived from "annoy" not
"noise"
(B) When to use strokes S and Zee
Stroke S or Zee must be used if it is the only consonant sound, as a
vowel cannot be written to a circle:
ice icy ass us ace say
saw essay assay eyes
ease owes
ooze zoo ices asses aces says
saws essays assays eases
oozes
A Zee sound as the first consonant always uses stroke Zee,
and not a Circle S:
zap zeal zero zenith zinc
Zack Zachary Isaac Ezra
Isabel
If the word begins or ends with a vowel, the stroke is used, and,
other than the Zee words above, this lets you know that there is a
vowel, when vowel signs are omitted:
sap asp, sack ask, scope escape
sad acid, some assume, pose
posy posse
laze lazy lacy lessee, mess
messy
noise noisy, fuss/fuzz fussy fuzzy
race racy, rose rosy
For words beginning S + S, the outline begins with the stroke. This
enables the Circle S to provide an easy join with any following
stroke:
sighs/size, seas/sees/seize/cease, sauce/saws, saucer
Caesar scissors
Cecil saucy so-so see-saw
season, ceasing/seizing, sizing
Distinguishing Outlines
disease decease (derived from
ease and cease)
SUMMARY
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A joined diphthong has to be written separately,
if a circle S is added to the outline
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In awkward combinations of curves, the circle is written on
the outside angle
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The circle remains with its root word, in
derivatives
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A stroke is used if it is the only consonant
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A stroke is used if the word starts or ends with
a vowel
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Stroke Zee is always used for an initial Zee
sound
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An initial S + S uses stroke S then Circle S
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