Re: Orthographic Inferiority Complex

On Sun, 7 Nov 1999 19:59:25 -0800 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> > I notice that
> >several
> >of the conscripts, I think including Chleweyish, have that circle
> with
> >the
> >downward stroke through it that resembles Greek phi.  I think T. is
> very
> >derivative in its letters, but then so was Greek.  <G>  Chleweyish
> and
> >Teonaht have the exact same way of making that letter.
> Perhaps there are just certain shapes people are drawn to when
> creating
> conscripts?
Well, in Rokbeigalmki, the {O} with a vertical line is the letter /O/,
and {O} with two short vertical lines parallelly intersecting only the
bottom of the circle is the letter /o/.  For me it probably has to do
with the Latin letter {o} and the lip-rounding.  Also, the letter /oj/
(or /Oj/, i'm not sure) has the two bars from /o/ turned horizontally and
crossing a {V} shape.


-Stephen (Steg)

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