Re: Boustrophedon (was: Re: Question about the directionality of "Old Hungarian" (document N3531))

From: Hosszu Gabor (hosszu@nimrud.eet.bme.hu)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2008 - 09:10:29 CST

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    Dear Doug,

    I agree with you and I also welcome your balanced view that is seen on the
    expression "Old/Sekler-Hungarian". I do not know your customs that is
    why I did not change the thread.

    The Community of the Hungarian Rovas Writers prefers the name
    "Szekler-Hungarian Rovas script" to the "Old Hungarian script" since the
    (1) Rovas writing was never extinct and (2) the "Old Hungarian" is not
    specific for the Rovas (in the Middle Ages there was old Hungarian
    scripting in Latin letters, too).

    Gábor

    Dr. Gabor Hosszu, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
    Dept. of Electron Devices, BME
    http://nimrud.eet.bme.hu/hosszu

    On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Doug Ewell wrote:

    > Q: Why is this thread like boustrophedon itself?
    > A: Because it goes in two different directions.
    >
    > It would be really neato if we could split the "principles of boustrophedon"
    > discussion off into a separate thread, called, oh, I don't know, maybe "Re:
    > Boustrophedon", and leave the present Subject line for discussions that
    > really do have to do with Old/Szekler Hungarian.
    >
    > --
    > Doug Ewell * Thornton, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14
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