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- From: tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Thomas J Lee)
- Subject: Language Physics
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:36:13 GMT
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- Alfvaen writes:
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- A>"Great. CFD--sci.phys.lang. Maybe sci.phys.lang.cipher, because I was
- A>also a cipher nut. And what are alphabets and languages but other ciphers,
- A>eh? I never learned Elvish, but I do know Greek and Cyrillic, even if my
- A>Georgian is a bit rusty. I know a dabbling of Devanagari, and have Hebrew,
- A>Arabic, and Thai written down somewhere waiting for me to commit them to
- A>memory. And, of course, I've invented a couple of my own along the way..."
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- "Neato," says the Lamplighter; "me too! I mean, I've made up some
- alphabets of my own, mostly while trying to write phonetically. I've found
- several that others have made up, though, so now I'm teaching myself the Shaw
- alphabet. Maybe I'll be able to achieve the 'linkup' that I have with
- English letters or words, where I don't have to consciously sound them out.
- Or maybe I'll just confuse myself. Hmm, anybody else interested?"
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- The Lamplighter (Tom Lee) "Arms wide, dancing inside
- tjl9@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu I got the feeling
- Time tide, so mystified
- Current Listen: Indigo Girls, "Rites of Passage" I got the feeling"
- -- Jamie Bernstein
-