Unifon - yet another English phonetic alphabet

[trochee]

I just discovered Unifon, which strikes me as Yet Another quixotic attempt at spelling reform.

What I didn't know was that divalea was using Unifon to represent slang in her new Rumble Girls cyberpunk/mechasuits/highschool-drama book. I found that out from Comics Worth Reading, which seems like a good place to find these things.

Comments

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Who on earth pronounces "a", as in "a chart written in..." as "eye"?

Re:

[trochee.livejournal.com]

I think it's supposed to be "eye chart". Seriously.

But I had the same question at first, and I'm still not sure.