From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Fri May 20 2005 - 14:55:22 CDT
On May 20, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> That does seem to be the distinction being drawn, but why should it
> be drawn at all? Who cares why the script was *originally*
> invented? What matters is how it has been used. The phoenician
> alphabet was probably originally invented for pictographic
> purposes, does that mean we have to consider Latin letters as
> pictograms? What bearing does original intent have on the utility
> and usability of a script?
>
None.
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