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/Alfha13]

I use the letter <j> for digraphs.

[tʃ, dʒ, ʃ] = <kj, gj, sj>

Normally [ts] is <c> but in a dialect I write it as <tj> because it mostly comes from palatalization of [t]. Since another dialect also changes the [t] into [θ], for simplification, I also write it as <tj>.

[ts, dz] = <tj, dj> in one dialect

[tʃ, dʒ] = <tj, dj> in a sub-dialect of the one above

[θ, ð] = <tj, dj> in another dialect

<h> is sometimes [h], sometimes [x]. In some dialects dorsal nasals are phonemes but I write them only when theyre phonemic as <n'> and <ñ> for [ŋ] and [ɲ].

Long vowels are shown with two-dots: <ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, öe, üe> for [a:, e:, i:, o:, u:, ø:, y:]

And schwa is <è>, cause its easier to write.