Re: Invention of the Alphabet


"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42ECD896.3371@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Do you have any trouble reading Thai or Chinese? No word divisions in
> either script.
> --
> Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx

Am I misunderstanding you? Thai "script" may very well have no word
divisions, but how can you say the same for Chinese? Every word has its own
character and all characters are distinct and stand independent of one
another. Whether the Chinese text is written top-to-bottom, right-to-left,
or left-to-right, even someone totally unfamiliar with Chinese would
certainly be able to perceive the boundaries between the words.


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