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Craft a new naming system for an alphabet
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"-a" "-b" "-c" is really short. It would benefit to be expanded to a full letter name...
...but every alphabet is charged with luggage and a specific culture.

I'd suggest to craft a new naming system rooted in Phoenician origins, yet distinct and neutral.

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dereckson triaged this task as Normal priority.Sun, Aug 16, 21:46
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If we're drawing from the foundational imagery of ancient Phoenician signs—simple, universal symbols like the ox or house—we're reimagining them through the lens of phonetic innovation and cultural detachment.

Why the Phoenician? The Phoenician alphabet (c. 1050 BCE) is the common ancestor of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Cyrillic, and most alphabets in use today. It's a shared human heritage that belongs to no living nation-state or political movement.

By starting from that root and deviating into new coinages, we get names that feel ancient and grounded without inheriting any modern cultural baggage.

Names of the letter should be easy to memorize, distinct so we can use them as spelling alphabet too (Think "Amaris Tavolan Celor" instead of "alpha tango charlie")

A would be Amaris for example.

GPT-5.6 Sol and Qwen3.8-Max have been involved in that construction.