Re: Question(s): creative spelling reform(s) of Techno-Greco-Latin-ish
From: | Mark P. Line <mark@...> |
Date: | Friday, May 14, 2004, 16:11 |
J Y S Czhang said:
> 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.
Oh. In that case, I'd say this: Don't try to fix something that's
irreparable. Instead, replace it with something new and hopefully better.
If you don't want to do that, then leave well enough alone.
-- Mark