Re: Question(s): creative spelling reform(s) of Techno-Greco-Latin-ish
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Friday, May 14, 2004, 5:54 |
|---|
In a message dated 2004:05:13 01:54:04 AM, mark@POLYMATHIX.COM writes:
>Who said anything about semantically transparent universals and primes?
>
>You asked what the best orthography would be for international scientific
>vocabulary, and I said my vote was for pictographs.
Hmm, mayhaps I was not _absolutely_ clear enough about it being "spelling
reform" using/abusing the Latin alphabet :) or some "user-friendly" semblance
of a phonemic alphabet.
--- º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º º°`°º ø,¸~->
Hanuman "Mister Sinister" Zhang, Sloth-Style Gungfu Typist
- "the sloth is a chinese poet upsidedown" --- Jack Kerouac {1922-69}
<A HREF="http://www.boheme-magazine.net">=> boheme-magazine.net</A>
"Poems are sketches for existence." - Paul Celan
"...make things/touch and radiate in the mind..." - Kenneth White
"Poetic creation still remains an act of perfect spiritual freedom. Poetry
remakes & prolongs language; every poetic language begins by being a secret
language, that is, the creation of a personal universe, of a completely closed
world." - Mircea Eliade
"For one who has abandoned craving and is free from grasping, who is skilled
in etymology and terms, knowing the groupings and sequences of letters,
this is the final birth. This one is called the Great Being, the Great Sage."
_Dhammapada_ (24.19)
>> maci caca ei debri legosetplex!
prizerva. salva. riceu. gomi-scopa ei risaiclo ! <<
English translitteration of above _lego junco _, "junk language":
"Fight {Maquis/-machy} Waste & Trash Linguistic !
Save, Salvage, Recover, Found-Treasure-Objects-Look/Scavenge & Recycle!"
Reply