Re: a bit off-topic: ideographic english

lucasso wrote:

> i'm not interested in chinese like symbols with meaning part and sound part -
For those who are, there is a masterful version of this at
http://www.tezcat.com/~markrose/yingzi/yingzi.htm

> all ideogram should show only meaning...
Pretty difficult.  How do you handle "the", "I", "we", "you", etc.
What about "infinitesimal"?  How about "abstraction"?

> a few examples are here:
> http://friko7.onet.pl/wa/id_en/index.htm
> (this page may not work good, but should be enough)
It's fairly straightforward to start, but almost impossible to
finish.  Even Chinese writing and Blissymbolics writing have
to abandon the pure ideographic principle fairly quickly.

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        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)