Re: Kuraw - Handwritten

On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 04:04 , Barry Garcia wrote:

> As I promised, i said i'd scan in an image of the handwritten version of
> Kuraw so you all can see. I put them in my school FTP space, so they arent
> webified yet. They may be found at:
>
> http://student.csumb.edu/dh/garciabarryjames/world/images/hanunoo.jpg
>
> http://student.csumb.edu/dh/garciabarryjames/world/images/kurhand.jpg
>
Neat!  I can't say *why,* but I'm reminded of lowercase Greek.  Or is it
just the omicron/omega-like shapes?  (Caveat: The *only* Greek I know is
from math/physics, so I'm sure my impressions are quite out-there...)  It
looks like it's easy to write--it has a sort of natural beauty of "flow."

> Because i dont have any extensive Saalangal words, i used a Hanunoo
> ambahan - lullaby, because it shows the script off fairly well. If anyone
> wants, i can transcribe it in a reply to this email for this list.
>
I'd love to see it.  :-)  Transcribe meep?

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