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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] theories and standards
  • Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:47:44 -0400

1. ALEP-ox, BET-house, etc. is a (relatively) modern initiative for the edification and entertainment of children.
2. Language preceded the alphabet by about 28,000 years.

Isaac Fried Boston University

On May 18, 2009, at 9:21 AM, James Read wrote:

Yes, I know. We've done this before. You postulate that the consonants have a meaning and that roots are composites of these basic meanings.

I think your theory would have more credence if the alphabet were based on them rather than on a oxes head, a house etc. etc.

James Christian



Quoting Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>:

It was in my opinion uni-consonantal.

Isaac Fried, Boston University




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