At 11:06 03/12/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>--- Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> wrote:
> > Gary Shannon wrote:
> > > --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote:
> >
> > > I call it the "LOTEP" number of a glyph. I count
> > > L = the number of complete Loops or enclosed areas
><snip>
> > <mathematics>
> > Sounds like a topological invariant :)
> > </mathematics>
> >
>
>Hmmm. My degrees are in Math and Comp Sci. Absolutely
>NO liguistic training. I wonder if that explains it
>:)
Could it be that LOTEP is the actual pronunciation of the word for "sign"
or "glyph" in your language?
Pete