John Cowan wrote:
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> Peter T. Daniels scripsit:
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> > Why couldn't it simply have said "logographic" instead of "ideographic"?
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> Because "ideographic", though etymologically incorrect, is well-understood.
> "Logographic" would only startle and confuse

and educate

> the intended audience.
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