Author Archives: ErnieM

One point I try to make with this post is that I often go ahead and reluctantly make ids for seldom used words but come to like them. Another is that, as in the case of the id pair lull/flurry, … Continue reading →

someone asked me for ids for “out of body experience” and “in body experience”. I don’t know what is meant by latter though.

I am not qualified to make accurate ids for Japanese characters–they’re too nuanced and complex for a non-native speaker. But I did get something out of this exercise, most prominently a good way to represent passive voice. The general problems … Continue reading →

A page from the book. Note how compact the ids are. I generously offer, if anyone is interested, to provide explanatory notes for this transcription. Just send me an email at the contact address on this site.

Illustrating, again, the superiority of ids over Chinese characters:

I have made many new ideograms with the “resource” idea.

I write ids with speed and ease–a kind of shorthand. Writing stuff out “longhand” takes a lot more time and space.

I noticed I’ve been getting some views from India. Hey, India! I’d like to go over there and give some id presentations. If anyone will put me up, as in an old blanket to lie on in the corner on … Continue reading →