Re: Measuring a writing system "economy"/"accuracy"

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 - 08:58:07 CDT

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David Starner <prosfilaes at gmail dot com> wrote:

> Encoding a language in such a way that underspecifies
> the sounds can be efficient in many ways; English uses fewer letters
> than a phonetic scheme would need,

Or more: "through."

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Doug Ewell
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