Re: So much for accuracy!

From: Behnam (behnam.rassi@gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 12 2009 - 16:03:15 CDT

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    On 12-May-09, at 4:32 PM, Adam Twardoch wrote:

    > Behnam wrote:
    >> This is interesting!
    >> Arabic script knew something when it opted for reading the entire
    >> word
    >> instead of individual characters!
    >
    > Indeed, it must have been after the Arabic script decided to add the
    > dots which differentiate between different letters (before this was
    > done, the same one letter represented e.g. baa, taa and thaa). But how
    > do you explain that the Arabic script never opted to write most
    > vowels?
    >
    > So, what you're saying is this: in the Latin script, you can shift
    > around some letters and the text will still remain understandable,
    > while
    > in the Arabic script, you don't even have to shift around any letters
    > and the text is still ambiguous. Right? :)
    >
    > A.

    Bear in mind, not to the natives!
    -b
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