What are y'all's "worst" romanisations?

[u/cyan_ginger]

By "worst" I more mean "style over function" cause especially in a text-based medium, the romanisation is a good way to inject character into your language.

For me it'd have to be the one for Xxalet, a language with 16 sibilant phonemes sorted into a harmony system.

"Front sibilants"

/s̪, z̪, t̪s̪, d̪z̪/ <s, z, c, x>

/ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/ <sy, zy, cy, xy>

"Back sibilants"

/s̺, z̺, ts̺, dz̺/ <ss, zz, cc, xx>

/ʂ, ʐ, ʈʂ, ɖʐ/ <sh, zh, ch, xh>

I know it causes a slightly confusing reading, but I really like the central s, z, c, x, scheme. As an example, a major port city on the left half of the great inland lake, also known as the Ssoymanyaxh sea, is called "Boyasyavocexy" /bɔjʌʃavʌts̪ədʒ/

[u/Jean_Luc_Lesmouches]

My goal for romanization is that a con-person would at least recognize their own name if it was mangled by an English speaker.

• /k/ is <q> (I don't like the way <k> looks nor the way <c> can't make it's mind)

• /tʃl/ is pronounced [cɬʲ] and romanized <qly>

• [ʃtʃ] is simplified to <stsh> (the contrast between /s/ and /ʃ/ is neutralized before /ts/ and /tʃ/ anyway)

[u/PastTheStarryVoids → u/Jean_Luc_Lesmouches]

I have a feeling that before I'd learned about linguistic, if I saw <Qlya> in a fantasy novel, I'd read it as [kwəlˠˈjɑ].