Betreft: Ferengi (was Re: Scripts in 3-D?)

>>> Paul Bennett <paulnkathy@...> 01/12 11:31  >>>
>
> What gets me thinking is that 'lines' (for want of a better word) of
> script split in the middle and branch off into two different
> directions, or into two parallel lines.
>
> IMO those splits happen at the point where clauses or phrases
> split, ie at the words {and}, {but}, {with}, {notwithstanding} and/or
> relative or dependant clause markers.
>
> It seems to me that such a language would have to have an
> exceedingly free word and phrase order, as although lines split,
> they never recombine.  Actually, since IMO the characters of the
> script don't directly represent words, there's no reason why the
> workings of the written script should match the syntax of the
> spoken language.
Reminds me of making mindmaps! I never thought of a writing
system that would works like this. I like it.

Rob