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English, but worse.

Welcome! We're trying to make English worse, one step at a time. This would hopefully become a fully working joke (not-)language in the future. View all past iterations under Releases.

Any suggestions to make this worse? Submit an issue!

Run the converter in repl.it (word order reversal is beta)

Current version (v0.1.3)

Orthography

A simple substitution cipher, where letter case matters.

from → to from → to from → to from → to
a → g n → Z A → S N → d
b → V o → P B → q O → n
c → m p → O C → K P → w
d → e q → t D → k Q → b
e → W r → X E → A R → x
f → z s → f F → j S → G
g → h t → c G → F T → L
h → Q u → U H → B U → y
i → Y v → R I → u V → p
j → E w → v J → D W → l
k → T x → J K → i X → r
l → o y → I L → C Y → a
m → M z → H M → N Z → s

Also, V, e, and h, as well as q, k, and F, are interchangable. (The converter will keep them as is.)

Phonology

All unvoiced and voiced consonant pairs swap. If a consonant has no corresponding anti-voiced consonant, it is left alone. Similarly, all rounded and unrounded vowels swap, and are left alone if no pair exists.

e.g. /ɡədˈbaɪ/ becomes /kətˈpɶʏ/ (hPPeVIW)
/ˌfoʊnəˈtɪʃən/ becomes /ˌvɤʊnəˈdʏʒən/ (OQPZWcYmYgZ)
/ɹiˈækt/ becomes /ɹyˈægd/ (XWgmc)
/stɹɛŋkθs/ becomes /zdɹœŋgðz/ (fcXWZhcQf)

Grammar

All words in a given sentence have to be said in reverse order.

e.g. "I want to eat this cake, and enjoy my life." becomes "Life my enjoy and, cake this eat to want I."

Sample texts

Lord's Prayer

BWgRWZ YZ Yf Yc gf WgXcQ YZ,
ePZW VW vYoo cQI;
mPMW TYZhePM cQI;
ZgMW cQI VW QgooPvWe,
QWgRWZ YZ gXc vQYmQ, jgcQWX PUX.
qXWge egYoI PUX egI cQYf Uf hYRW.
yf ghgYZfc cXWfOgff cQgc cQWM zPXhYRW vW gf,
cXWfOgffWf PUX Uf zPXhYRW gZe.
ARYo zXPM Uf eWoYRWX VUc,
cWMOcgcYPZ YZcP ZPc Uf oWge gZe.
ARWX gZe WRWX jPX,
hoPXI cQW gZe, OPvWX cQW,
TYZhePM cQW Yf cQYZW zPX.
SMWZ.

/ˈɦœfən ʏn əs ʏd əs ɞrð ʏn,
tɔn py wʏl θɶʏ;
gɔm ˈgʏŋtəm θɶʏ;
nøʏm θɶʏ py ˈɦælɤʊt,
ˈɦœfən ʏn ɒrd wʏʧ, ˈvɒθər ˈɶʊər.
prœt ˈtøʏly ˈɶʊər tøʏ θʏz əz kʏf.
ɔz əˈkœnzd ˈdrœˌzbæz θəd θəm vərˈkʏf wy əs,
ˈdrœˌzbæzʏs ˈɶʊər əz vərˈkʏf ənt.
ˈyfəl vrəm əz tʏˈlʏfər pəd, dœmˈdøʏʒən ˈʏndə nɒd əz lyt ənt.
ˈœfər ənt ˈœfər vər,
ˈklʌry θə ənt, ˈbɶʊər θə,
ˈgʏŋtəm θə əs θɶʏn vər.
øʏˈmœn./

UDHR

xYhQcf gZe eYhZYcI YZ WtUgo gZe zXWW VPXZ gXW VWYZhf QUMgZ goo. qXPcQWXQPPe Pz fOYXYc g YZ gZPcQWX PZW cPvgXef gmc fQPUoe gZe mPZfmYWZmW gZe XWgfPZ vYcQ WZePvWe gXw cQWI.

/rɶʏdz ənt ˈtʏknədy ʏn ˈygwəl ənt vry pʌrn ər ˈpyʏŋs ˈɦjɯmən ʌl. ˈprɔθərˌɦʊt əf ˈzbʏrəd ə ʏn əˈnɔθər wɔn dəˈwʌrts ægd ʒət ənt ˈgɒnʒənz ənt ˈrysən wʏθ œnˈtɶʊt ər θøʏ./