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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