On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 03:09:03PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:40 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>wrote: > > Why should it be? Ithkuil is a perfectly legitimate conlang despite the > > fact that it's impossible to speak in real time. > > I was speaking personally, and about writing systems, not languages. I > don't see the point of using a writing system that, well, isn't usable. Ever tried to ba'e write Ithkuil? Not much better. > Why would I use a writing system that takes minutes to write one word when > I can use one that takes deciseconds? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy Writing is just as much an art as it is a tool. ta'o I don't understand why cursive should not be usable. In the worst case you can always learn "standard" forms of many words instead of trying to read each word letter by letter. This, however, still has nothing to do with lojban. v4hn
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