Rosetta Poem

As a means of comparing a given passage of text rendered in different writing systems, the following poem is a representative sample of English phonology, containing 24 consonants, 13 vowels and diphthongs, and 7 vowel-R combinations.
Modern English Alphabet
Let the children of God rejoice,
both now and forevermore!
Let them sing songs of praise,
for He has given us life everlasting,
and laid up for us treasure in Heaven.
Blessed are those who are called
to the marriage supper of the Lamb!
The Lord is good, gracious and pure,
crowned with beauty and worthy of praise.
He is near to those who call on Him;
with tender compassion He hears their prayer.
Let those who trust in Christ rejoice,
both now and forevermore!
both now and forevermore!
Let them sing songs of praise,
for He has given us life everlasting,
and laid up for us treasure in Heaven.
Blessed are those who are called
to the marriage supper of the Lamb!
The Lord is good, gracious and pure,
crowned with beauty and worthy of praise.
He is near to those who call on Him;
with tender compassion He hears their prayer.
Let those who trust in Christ rejoice,
both now and forevermore!
Carogine
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Erwendine
let Ho cildren ov gAd rIjPs,
bOT nW and fOrevirmOr!
let Hem siN sANz ov prEz,
fOr hI haz given os lYf evirlastiN,
and lEd op fOr os treZir in heven.
blesed Ar HOz hU Ar kAld
tU Ho marij sopir ov Ho lam!
Ho lOrd iz gud, grESos and pyUr,
krWnd wiH byUtI and wirHI ov prEz.
hI iz nIr tU HOz hU kAl An him;
wiH tendir compaSon hI hIrz Her prer.
let HOz hU trost in krYst rIjPs,
bOT nW and fOrevirmOr!
bOT nW and fOrevirmOr!
let Hem siN sANz ov prEz,
fOr hI haz given os lYf evirlastiN,
and lEd op fOr os treZir in heven.
blesed Ar HOz hU Ar kAld
tU Ho marij sopir ov Ho lam!
Ho lOrd iz gud, grESos and pyUr,
krWnd wiH byUtI and wirHI ov prEz.
hI iz nIr tU HOz hU kAl An him;
wiH tendir compaSon hI hIrz Her prer.
let HOz hU trost in krYst rIjPs,
bOT nW and fOrevirmOr!
Lozark
let To Cildren ov gAd rIjOIs,
bOH nAU and fOrevirmOr!
let Tem siN sANz ov prEz,
fOr hI haz given os lYf evirlastiN,
and lEd op fOr os treZir in heven.
blesed Ar TOz hU Ar cAld
tU To maroj sopir ov To lam!
To lOrd iz gud, grESos and pyUr,
crAUnd wiT byUtI and wirTI ov prEz.
hI iz nIr tU TOz hU cAl An him;
wiT tendir compaSon hI hIrz Ter prer.
let TOz hU trost in crYst rIjOIs,
bOH nAU and fOrevirmOr!
bOH nAU and fOrevirmOr!
let Tem siN sANz ov prEz,
fOr hI haz given os lYf evirlastiN,
and lEd op fOr os treZir in heven.
blesed Ar TOz hU Ar cAld
tU To maroj sopir ov To lam!
To lOrd iz gud, grESos and pyUr,
crAUnd wiT byUtI and wirTI ov prEz.
hI iz nIr tU TOz hU cAl An him;
wiT tendir compaSon hI hIrz Ter prer.
let TOz hU trost in crYst rIjOIs,
bOH nAU and fOrevirmOr!
Vinglyph
A B C D E F,
G H I J!
A K L M D N,
O P Q R S T U,
I V W O S X Y Z.
a b c d b e
f B g h D B i!
B j k l, m I n,
o p q I r D N.
P k s f c d t u v,
p w x P y z 1.
A c d 2 Y 3 F,
G H I J!
G H I J!
A K L M D N,
O P Q R S T U,
I V W O S X Y Z.
a b c d b e
f B g h D B i!
B j k l, m I n,
o p q I r D N.
P k s f c d t u v,
p w x P y z 1.
A c d 2 Y 3 F,
G H I J!
Comments
Very interesting. I really like the Carogine and was shocked to not find more resources for it on YouTube. I do like that it is horizontally more compact, but with some experimenting I found it is more vertically sensitive. All the tails going up and down need room and contact of descenders and ascenders between the lines may seriously impair legibility and beauty. It also needeth to have capital letters that can stand next to one another. For the word of God saith JEHOVAH and LORD and BRANCH and JESUS, and to render the word of God they need to be tweaked a bit. Plus LORD must needs be distinct from Lord and lord. Also, the fact that it is a cursive script seemeth to be at odds with the fact that the vowels are symbols above and below the letters. Because one must write first all letters, then stop and go back and fill in all the vowels. When typing on your program with it, it is no problem for the computer doeth the work for thee, but when writing by hand it is a bit slow. Maybe it would not be an issue with more practice writing it. I did try printing the Carogine and while it doth work, the aesthetic is gone and it looketh a bit strange, and not in a particularly good way. I really like the alphabet with the arches, really neat, but the horizontal width is agreigious. I wish there was a way it could be horizontally compact like unto the Carogine and still be legible and easily written by hand, but not sure how; but the system for how the letters work and are related is really well thought out. I too made a system of runes for modern English and Anglish, and I really like it, but there is one major problem with the runes which can also be seen here: there is too much space in the middle of words, which necessitateth even wider spaces between words. This also negatiely affecteth legibility. Because the runes are all made of lines, then putting the characters closer together maketh their distinction harder to see and the words become harder to read. I have not yet looked into the vinyl one, it looketh really neat also, but the speed of writing and horizontal space, seem to potentilaly be an issue at first glance. But I am learning a lot from these.
Posted by Gr on Thursday, June 5, 2025
This is top notch! I am very impressed with the beauty of these scripts. Thank you very much! This is a great way to honor the Lord and to learn the depths of English as well!
Posted by Enoch on Tuesday, October 24, 2023
There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last for ever. We must take it or leave it.
— C.S. Lewis
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