Names

Emergency Instructions


Phonetic Transcription

As an absolute last resort -- no fooling around -- I mean it -- this is legal only after you've exhausted all other options -- if you find yourself facing a totally nonsensical name, you may transliterate it phonetically. You'll notice that the .gif file for each glyph has a name. In order to transcribe a meangless sound, you simple find a glyph that begins rather like the name you're trying to spell. When that runs out, find another glyph, and so on.

U SA MA BIN LA DEN
grapes, salt, human, look, lake, tooth

Now, in that example, I've chosen a string of fairly innocuous glyphs, the type a newspaper might use, but obviously, if you're trying to insult sombody, you could select more offensive glyphs.

U SA MA B N LAD IN
urine, blood, bad, bottle, nothing, ladybug, baby

Or if you actually like the guy, you could build a sequence using strong, manly glyphs.

URSU MA BI N LA D IN
bear, male, arm, new, stone, gift, infinity

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Last updated December 2003

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