Re: trying to find a conscript
| From: | Garth Wallace <gwalla@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 17:33 |
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 17:13, Garth Wallace <gwalla@...> wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
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>>> Which got me thinking: are there any con-stenographies?
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>> Aren't they all?
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> In the sense that all scripts are con-scripts.
Not really. Shorthand systems are usually the result of a conscious
act of invention by an individual, while most common writing systems
evolved over time and can't be traced to a single inventor (with some
exceptions).
> I presume that "stenographies for conlangs" was intended.
Probably.