Re: grumbles

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
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>There used to be an excellent site on idris.com (lotsa links to it
>still) but it disappeared one night and has never resurfaced anywhere...
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>It was the best... but take a look at
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>    http://www.omniglot.dabsol.co.uk/language/writing/
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>and don't mind the broken images and links.
I used to go there quite a bit. I was quite dismayed when i went to it and
couldnt get in. Lawrence Lo from UC Berkeley had a great site on ancient
scripts but their alumni.eecs.berkeley.edu server has been broken since
january and I havent been able to get in.

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>which has been mentioned here before? The Blackwell one is cheaper, and
>as one of the editors of the WWS is a regular on sci.lang and I find him
><censored> I'd rather purchase the Blackwell one... but if the WWS is as
>good as his propaganda on sci.lang claims...
Well I just mentioned the WWS one yesterday. But I think it's good. It has
articles on different scripts written by different authors. It's a thick
book, and quite heavy (920 pages). There are also a couple of figures
showing how some scripts descended from others (like the southeast asian
scripts from Pallava Brahmi). However, I too would rather buy the
blackwell one. I would bet it has just as much info, but is much cheaper
than the WWS.
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