Comments on: First draft of Ishidic script notes http://rishida.net/blog/?p=318 News of changes to my main site, and W3C related posts. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: r12a http://rishida.net/blog/?p=318&cpage=1#comment-8522 r12a Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:27:57 +0000 http://rishida.net/blog/?p=318#comment-8522 Where would the fun be in providing a translation? ;-) Here's a head start: "The decipherment of a newly discovered or perennially mysterious text is the most glamorous aspect of the study of writing systems. ..." Where would the fun be in providing a translation? ;-)

Here’s a head start:
“The decipherment of a newly discovered or perennially mysterious text is the most glamorous aspect of the study of writing systems. …”

]]> By: David Clarke http://rishida.net/blog/?p=318&cpage=1#comment-8521 David Clarke Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:59:52 +0000 http://rishida.net/blog/?p=318#comment-8521 Do you have a translation, or is it to be treated as a linqua-cryptographic puzzle? Do you have a translation, or is it to be treated as a linqua-cryptographic puzzle?

]]> By: Liam R E Quin http://rishida.net/blog/?p=318&cpage=1#comment-8515 Liam R E Quin Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:24:09 +0000 http://rishida.net/blog/?p=318#comment-8515 At first glance it looks like a mix of Arabic and Cree, with the artificiality and non-calligraphic nature of Cree combined with the long extenders and curves of Arabic. If you tried to write with it by hand for a long time, maybe it would become more condensed, like Pitman short-hand. Or if you wrote it with a calligraphic pen — maybe I should try that! At first glance it looks like a mix of Arabic and Cree, with the artificiality and non-calligraphic nature of Cree combined with the long extenders and curves of Arabic. If you tried to write with it by hand for a long time, maybe it would become more condensed, like Pitman short-hand. Or if you wrote it with a calligraphic pen — maybe I should try that!

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