Re: Non-linear / full-2d writing systems?

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> > But I thought Sai wanted a writing that did _not require_ a reduction to
> > speech. So what has speaking got to do with it?
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> > Indeed, didn't Sai refer to the linearization required by speech as a
> > "bottleneck"? I quote:
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*notices the first part of that* Hm. "Not require" a reduction to
speech? I'm not sure what you mean by that.

If you mean that reduction to speech = bottleneck, and I'd rather have
a communications/recording medium that didn't need/have the
bottleneck, then definitely yes.

> I didn't read or I forgot. This thread is very dense, to say the least.
*chuckle* *nod*

> Besides, that's nobody but Sai himself that brings back the subject of
> "linearization". And what's the point of having a text that you can't speak
> about?
Sure, you should be able to talk about it. I hope I haven't given the
impression that I consider speech useless. (Of course, I'd rather have
a combined speech/sign system myself, but that's another thread...)

So in that light, I think linearization *is* an important
consideration, but it should be one that is required to adapt to the
medium, rather than vice versa. If a more optimal NL2dWS is hard to
linearize, too bad for the linearization. :-P (Of course, you'd still
have the option of just talking *about* the same material, rather than
trying to *translate* or *read* it...)

 - Sai