Re: New Script for Ok (Edh coo zoo oc)

In a message dated 06/18/2002 02.01.48 PM, the indispensable & intrepid ;)
christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR writes:

>En réponse à JS Bangs <jaspax@...>:
>
>> But what's so odd about writing a vowel before, above, and after the
>> consonant?  It seems like half of the vowels in Thai are written that
>> way.
>
>The odd thing is the "and" part. Before, above, under *or* after the
consonant
>I can understand. But all three at the same time? Isn't it a bit much?! :)))
    Oh Uh... Is not Maggel "a bit too much", too? ;)
    But, yes, it seems like "overkill"... taking redundacy to an extreme.
    Are there any historical reasonings/linguistic theories why this is so?

In a message dated 06/18/2002 03.03.48 PM, jaspax@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:

>Sure, if you come from that nasty Western European tradition that
>oppresses circumscriptive trigraphs.  Such things are quite common and
>accepted in SE Asia ;-).
    *snarlfle*

Hanuman Zhang

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