Re: abstract characters, semantics, meaningful transformations ... Was: Tibetan Paluta

2017-05-02 Thread Naena Guru via Unicode
Thank you, professor. You wrote exactly what one would expect from a professor. It is a wonderful display of your prowess in the subject. Doctors and lawyers use Latin for concealment and self-preservation. Greenspan used Greenspanish. Unicode masters use Unicodish. Indic is the name Unicode

Re: abstract characters, semantics, meaningful transformations ... Was: Tibetan Paluta

2017-05-01 Thread David Starner via Unicode
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 7:26 AM Naena Guru via Unicode wrote: > This whole attempt to make digitizing Indic script some esoteric, > 'abstract', 'semantic representation' and so on seems to me is an attempt > to make Unicode the realm of the some super humans. > Unicode is

Re: abstract characters, semantics, meaningful transformations ... Was: Tibetan Paluta

2017-05-01 Thread Naena Guru via Unicode
A little humor is very good. sarasvaþi was a sweet girl, I am sure, so much so that when she died, I think, those who were imagining about her beyond practical, made her rise up, up and fly away. Now you watch what happens to Elizabeth when she dies. They narrowly failed making one such with

Re: abstract characters, semantics, meaningful transformations ... Was: Tibetan Paluta

2017-05-01 Thread Alastair Houghton via Unicode
On 1 May 2017, at 15:19, Naena Guru via Unicode wrote: > > This whole attempt to make digitizing Indic script some esoteric, 'abstract', > 'semantic representation' and so on seems to me is an attempt to make Unicode > the realm of the some super humans. No. It’s

Re: abstract characters, semantics, meaningful transformations ... Was: Tibetan Paluta

2017-05-01 Thread Richard Wordingham via Unicode
On Mon, 1 May 2017 19:49:27 +0530 Naena Guru via Unicode wrote: > The purpose of writing is to represent speech. It is not some secret > that demi-gods created Sarasvati and Thoth would be offended at being called mere demi-gods. > sound => letter that is the basis for