Re: Kuraw - Handwritten

In a message dated 11/29/01 3:07:55 PM, barry_garcia@CSUMB.EDU writes:

>CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>>That's supposed to be Hebrew?
>>The leftmost symbol looks like a fancily calligraphed print {tzadi} /ts/
>>rotated counterclockwise 90 degrees.  The middle one looks sort of like
>a
>>similarly rotated *handwritten* {mem} /m/, and the rightmost one looks
>>like a print {ttet} /t'/ rotated a little bit more than the others.  So
>i
>>guess it could say _tzemet_, sort of, if the arm was horizontal, but i
>>don't know if that's even a word... (t's not in my dictionary).  and i
>>have no idea what the dots are supposed to be for, besides decoration.
>
>Well, *I* would never have chose that script :). But further research
>indicates that it's probably "angelic". Although, looking at "Angelic"
>i
>cant determine what letters are bing used. Perhaps it's a creation of the
>guy whose tattoo it is.
>
>_______________________________________
>
>"Peace is not healthy for war and other violent conflicts. We who can kick
>the shit out of others must now bring the pain upon our enemies" - Me
Err, what is "angelic"? In my mental dictionary it's simply "like an angel" -
nothing to do with Hebrew letters, or tattoos.

Josh Roth
http://members.aol.com/fuscian/eloshtan.html

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