Re: NATLANG/Learning : Sanskrit

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:50:47 -0600 Muke Tever <muke@...> writes:
> If we were going to be sensible, we'd not do it as the Chinese do it
> but as the
> Japanese do it, and have one sign with several readings--for
> English, we'd have
> to have native readings, French/Latin readings, and Greek readings
> for most characters.
> e.g., the sign for 'light' would have:
> Anglo-yomi  'light'
> Roma-yomi   'luc-'
>             'lu-' in lumen/lumin- [probably not 'luna-' though]
>             'lumi�re'  [nanori only]
> Hellen-yomi 'phot-'
> We'd also need to keep alphabet as okurigana, too, so:
> ?       "light"
> ?ent    "lucent"
> ?id     "lucid"
> ?minous "luminous"
> ?on     "photon"
> ??s    "photographs" (or somesuch)
> I've always wanted to build a kleptographic system along these lines
> but never get around to doing so.
>     *Muke!
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I like this idea!  It'd also help people to remember what exactly all
those Latinate and Hellenic roots mean :-)  Studying for the SATs and the
GREs and that stuff would be revolutionized!


-Stephen (Steg), who tried unsuccessfully to find an "eiji" for 'steg'
(=roof, cover)
 "i touch the fire and it freezes me / i look into it and it's black
  why can't i feel / my skin should crack and peel / i want the fire
back...
  so i will walk through the fire / cause where else can i turn
  i will walk through the fire / and let it-..."
     ~ 'drawn to the fire', from the buffy musical episode

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