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An online demo and a link to an informative video are here: https://paralogical.dev/glish/ https://paralogical.dev/glish/ Input: South Korea has said it will

An online demo and a link to an informative video are here: https://paralogical.dev/glish/ https://paralogical.dev/glish/ Input: South Korea has said it will resume propaganda broadcasts against North Korea for the first time in six years in response to Pyongyang's campaign of sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border. Glish output: South kawrshk has said it will zoordz pran byerkstz genst North kawrshk for the first time in six years in spahns to yangz kayktn of sning brish-filled noorz skruh the derr. Not very practical but a lot of fun. More than a century ago, “words of one syllable” was a trend in publishing: Robinson Crusoe in words of one syllable https://archive.org/details/robinsoncrusoeindefo/page/8/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/robinsoncrusoeindefo/page/8/mode... Aesop's fables in words of one syllable https://archive.org/details/aesopsfablesinwo00aeso/page/6/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/aesopsfablesinwo00aeso/page/6/mo... History of Japan in words of one syllable https://archive.org/details/historyofjapanin00smit/page/n9/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/historyofjapanin00smit/page/n9/m...

Terr_ 2y ago
> More than a century ago, “words of one syllable” was a trend in publishing: In a similar but much-more-approachable vein, XKCD's focus on simple words for Up Goer Five [0] which also spawned a book Thing Explainer [1]. [0] https://xkcd.com/1133/ https://xkcd.com/1133/ [1] https://blog.xkcd.com/2015/05/13/new-book-thing-explainer/ https://blog.xkcd.com/2015/05/13/new-book-thing-explainer/
littlestymaar 2y ago
Not related to Glish at all, but this sentence stroke me: > South Korea has said it will resume propaganda broadcasts against North Korea for the first time in six years in response to Pyongyang's campaign of sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border Isn't that the opposite that's happening? Rubbish-filled balloons being sent by NK as a response to propaganda leaflets sent from SK?
- tkgally 2y ago
  I just copied that sentence at random to get some text to feed into Glish. Here’s the original story: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rr92dwqnyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rr92dwqnyo
Hasu 2y ago
> kayktn I cannot figure out how to pronounce this in one syllable. It looks like it should be pronounced "caked in".
- Izkata 2y ago
  I also don't get "byerkstz", I see it as "byer-kistz"
  - wumbo 2y ago
    without the z it’s entirely within the realm of English sounds. Practice slow and I think it works.
    - yencabulator 2y ago
      But is it a single syllable?
- wumbo 2y ago
  I see it more as a modifier on the T sound at that point. Instead of letting your tongue go at the end of the T, you hold it in place because of the N.
  - trimethylpurine 2y ago
    Sounds Dutch not English.
gcanyon 2y ago
Back in the '90s I published educational software to help kids learn to read. We specialized in making public domain texts accessible by adding the ability to hear the words by clicking them as needed, with texts ranging from "See Spot Run" level material up to things like The Wizard of Oz. During this time I collected as many books in words of one syllable as I could. Robinson Crusoe was a bit much, but we definitely published Aesop's Fables.

Terr_ 2y ago

> More than a century ago, “words of one syllable” was a trend in publishing: In a similar but much-more-approachable vein, XKCD's focus on simple words for Up Goer Five [0] which also spawned a book Thing Explainer [1]. [0] https://xkcd.com/1133/ https://xkcd.com/1133/ [1] https://blog.xkcd.com/2015/05/13/new-book-thing-explainer/ https://blog.xkcd.com/2015/05/13/new-book-thing-explainer/

littlestymaar 2y ago

Not related to Glish at all, but this sentence stroke me: > South Korea has said it will resume propaganda broadcasts against North Korea for the first time in six years in response to Pyongyang's campaign of sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border Isn't that the opposite that's happening? Rubbish-filled balloons being sent by NK as a response to propaganda leaflets sent from SK?

tkgally 2y ago
I just copied that sentence at random to get some text to feed into Glish. Here’s the original story: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rr92dwqnyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rr92dwqnyo

Hasu 2y ago

> kayktn I cannot figure out how to pronounce this in one syllable. It looks like it should be pronounced "caked in".

Izkata 2y ago
I also don't get "byerkstz", I see it as "byer-kistz"
- wumbo 2y ago
  without the z it’s entirely within the realm of English sounds. Practice slow and I think it works.
  - yencabulator 2y ago
    But is it a single syllable?
wumbo 2y ago
I see it more as a modifier on the T sound at that point. Instead of letting your tongue go at the end of the T, you hold it in place because of the N.
- trimethylpurine 2y ago
  Sounds Dutch not English.

gcanyon 2y ago

Back in the '90s I published educational software to help kids learn to read. We specialized in making public domain texts accessible by adding the ability to hear the words by clicking them as needed, with texts ranging from "See Spot Run" level material up to things like The Wizard of Oz. During this time I collected as many books in words of one syllable as I could. Robinson Crusoe was a bit much, but we definitely published Aesop's Fables.