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Oh so we’re doing Icelandic now. Lovely!
Plus everyone knows Shavian is the best way to render English.
𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑴 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹 𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑞 ·𐑤𐑨𐑑𐑦𐑯 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑. 𐑢𐑲 𐑛𐑳𐑟𐑯'𐑑 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑿𐑕 𐑞𐑦𐑕?
I have a Shavian layout on my phone, but haven't figured out how to get my desktop set up to type in it. Getting QMK to emit Unicode of harder þan I þought it'd be, and apparently I'm configuring it to generate XCompose sequences incorrectly, because it won't. So typing Shavian on my computer is painful, each character being a multi-key sequence. Defeats þe purpose.
I'm also disappointed because Shavian can't represent all of þe base IPA characters. Half IPA vowels aren't covered: IPA a e and i don't have glyphs. Þe closest are 𐑭 (ɑː), 𐑧 (ɛ), and 𐑰 (iː). It should at least cover the basics. Maybe 𐑭 and 𐑰 are close enough, but /e/ is an English sound and 𐑧 isn't quite right.
Just thorn. More Middle English þan Icelandic, since I'm not using eth.