Shorthand

>>> Larry Schelin <lschelin@...> 11/04 7:05  >>>
Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>
> Yours is that script that looks like a constellation of circles, isn't
> it? That was one that really stood out.
    That one was mine, actually... It seems like it was liked by a lot of
people. Actually, it was the second choice of a script, I had originally
made a simpler alphabetic vertical script (more or less) that I couldn't
get to look right on the screen. The circle idea was at one point
completely regular, so it could be used in any language. There were =
slashes
on the lines from the main circle describing how far back in the mouth the
sound is produced, and a symbol for stop, fricitave, approximate, etc.

This made me think of a shorthand I have
(which reminded me of a post of Danny, I include it here:
Danny Wier wrote:
2) I've worked some more on a personal shorthand, which I was going to =
base
on Arabic, but decided to use Syriac with Arabic influence instead.  Kinda
messy, but effective I think.  I've even devised abbreviated methods of
writing the numerals 4, 5, 8 and 0.  (4 is like a cursive y, 5 is headless
or like a teardrop, and 8 is just a loop, or a stick-figure fish facing
upward.  0 is a simple dot or a dash.

I'll get a .gif of my results this week, I promise.)

Maybe tomorrow I'll send you a gif of my shorthand. It works with slashes =
to indicate the POA's.

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On a completly diffrent topic, my brain went a little wacky the other day,
and the idea of a language where the verb changes position to determine =
the
tense occured to me. I've been working on it, but what I want to know is,
does any other language (natural or artifical) do this, or have I started
something completly wierd? Does it seem like a reasonable idea? I'll post
details when I have a little more worked out...

Spokane (the artificial one) does that too. It inspired me to do the same =
thing. I have a lang that has=20
VSO  for future tense
SVO  for present tense
SOV  for past tense

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Joe