Re: Invention of the Alphabet

Lee Sau Dan wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Peter> I don't know "word list." "Wordlist" is one word.
> >> >> And "name list"? "Shopping list"? "mailing list"?
> >>
> Peter> I don't know "name list." The other two are two-word
> Peter> phrases.
> >> Why aren't they "one word"?
>
> Peter> Because there's a space inside them.
>
> Peter> I can anticipate your next question:
>
> No. Your guess is wrong.
>
> My next question: A chinese sentence is written without spacing. So,
> the whole sentence is one single word?

You're beginning to look like gilgames.

Chinese has no spacing. Therefore spacing has no significance in
Chinese.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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