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From: olivier@austin.ibm.com (Olivier Cremel)
Subject: Re: Lunatic orthography (was Re: Esperanto as a stepping stone?
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In article <henryD294pL.DJp@netcom.com>, henry@netcom.com (Henry Polard) writes:
> I thought that the Shaw Alphabet (a phonemic writing system with
> letters that are written with one stroke each) was a great
> idea, then I tried to read it.  The problem was not recognizing the
> letters, but having to say out loud what I was reading (which I
> don't do normally) in order to understand it.

That's only because you were not used to it. Remember how many years
it took you as a child before you could read silently ?

When you are used to your writing system, you read word by word not
letter by letter. It's almost like ideograms. That's why a misspelling
can sometimes completely stall your reading and also why you should be
able to read upside down without trouble.

-- 
Olivier.
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