Letrz: Ǎr līdrz feld s on ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi
Transcription of some Guardian letters of 20 July 2023
Dîana Fransis, Án Teilr n Dr Bari Dêl on ẃ hymaṇti z stl felñ t act az ɖ planit brnz
Ʈrzde, 20 Jlî 2023
I wz glad t rīd Joṇʈn Frīdḷnd’z ʈōts on ẃ invîrnmntlists r felñ t gt ɖ mesij v ɖ planitri crîsis acrs (Az hītrecordz brec, ɖ clîṃt muvmnt hz ɖ rît ansrz – bt ɖ wrdz r ol roñ, 14 Jlî). Hvr, I d’nt agri ɖt hir in ɖ YC ɖ mn obsṭclz r ignṛns n disḅlif. Dspt ɖ lac v sfiśnt mīdịcuṿrij, I ʈnc ɖt a larj pṛporśn v ɖ adult popyleśn z awer v ẃt z haṗnñ n añśs abt ɖ fyćr (ɖo nt nesseṛli folowñ ʈru on sfiśnt lîfstîl ćenjz). Ɖe r priokpaid wɖ ɖ dmandz v evride lîf n nt cnvinst or inspîrd t jôn c’lectiv ax́n.
Dîana Fransis
Baʈ
Ɖ planit z indd brnñ, az w hír n rīd abt in teṛfayñ dītel evri de. N sm ppl r actñ. Jst Stop Ôl r on ɖ strīts v Lundn n hv bn evri de fr 13 wīcs. Bùd, śǎtd at, manhandld of ɖ rod n arestd. Ɖs z ẃt hapnz t ɖoz hu trî t sǎnd ɖ alarm. Ɖs z ẃt hapnz t ɖoz hu dmand ɖt ɖ guvnmnt imīɉtli hōlt ol ny ôl, gas n col projects. W canot jst “hop ɖt w stl hv tîm t avrt ɖ wrst”. W r in a clîṃt imrjnsi. W hv t mc ɖoz hu tec ɖ big dsiźnz, ɖoz hu run ɖ cuntri – ǎr guvnmnt – act nǎ n act rsponsbli. Ɖ fyćrz v yuñ ppl ol ovr ɖ wrld r unḅliṿbli blīc. Ǎr guvnmnt z felñ in its dyti t pṛtct its sitiznz. W d’nt nīd “admen”. W nīd līdrśp at ɖs tîm v unpresdntd crîsis.
Án Teilr
Oxḟd
I tec xpśn t ɖ sjsćn in Joṇʈn Frīdḷnd’z articl ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi z in sm part ɖ fōlt v clîṃtsayntists fr nt yzñ strongr lanḡj. I rmembr ɖ riax́n ẃn strongr lanḡj wz yzd. P wnt ɖ crî v “scermunġrñ”. W wr tld t modṛt ǎr lanḡj or w’d nt b lisnd t.
Clîṃtsayntists hv bhevd wɖ integṛti, nolij, dtrṃneśn, psistns n slf-sacṛfîs. Ɖe md śr ɖt ol guvnmnts wr wel aqentd wɖ ɖ facts. In dwñ so, ɖe hopt ɖe wd b dīlñ wɖ raṣ́nl, rsponsbl, reẓlut ppl. Hu els wd y g t? Bt ɖe wr roñ; guvnmnts wr sn śoun t b purli edycetd – mor sweid bî b’lif ɖn bî evidns – n olso sūpîn.
Clîṃtsayntists, nt prfict v cors, r nvɖles ɖ onli ppl t imrj wɖ eni credit at ol fṛm ɖ clîṃt-ctastṛfi.
Dr Bari Dêl
Ćarni Basit, Oxfdśr
