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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread evolution of the alphabet #152033 12/13/2005 10:14 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont alphabet via boingboing and the the Long Now, which is becoming memetic in my world... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: evolution of the alphabet #152034 12/13/2005 10:40 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Neat. Where do you find this stuff? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: evolution of the alphabet #152035 12/13/2005 10:56 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont boingboing is a great glass-bottomed boat. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: evolution of the alphabet Buffalo Shrdlu #183506 03/12/2009 12:14 PM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5 Here Be Dragons Scriveyn stranger Scriveyn stranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5 Here Be Dragons The target of the link in the first post has been removed. I happened on it again here. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: evolution of the alphabet Scriveyn #183507 03/12/2009 12:53 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague The Phoenician and the Etruscan have much in common. Yes, cool! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: evolution of the alphabet BranShea #183508 03/12/2009 12:57 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh The Phoenician and the Etruscan have much in common. Yes, they did. One important Etruscan text is a bilingual one in Phoenician: the Pyrgi tablets (link). Phoenician is very close to Biblical Hebrew and Etruscan is a language isolate. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: evolution of the alphabet zmjezhd #183509 03/12/2009 1:09 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Nice articles, leading from one thing to another. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: evolution of the alphabet Scriveyn #183510 03/12/2009 1:47 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: Scriveyn The target of the link in the first post has been removed. I happened on it again here. thanks! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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