Re: Synthetic scripts

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 12:03:36 EST


Stefan Persson scripsit:

> Can you prove that this doesn't apply to any of the scripts already in the
> Standard? No, you can't, as it is not known under which circumstances Latin,
> Greek, Kanji, etc., were created.

Come, come. It is perfectly clear that Latin script was designed to
represent Latin, Greek script to represent Greek, and Kanji to represent
Old Chinese. Livagian script, OTOH, was devised by the inventor of
Livagian to represent Livagian and its daughter languages. (Don't bother
looking for it on the Web.)

The distinction is as clear as the distinction between an actual
fossil and a fossil concocted out of modeling clay.

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John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_



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