Michael Everson wrote:

> >> How can terms for these 6 historical stages be imposed on current
> >> synchronic types?
> >
> >Does anyone understand this question?
>
> No, but I didn't understand your "Misunderstanding of one resulted in
> a logoconsonantary" either.

That's because you didn't come to my Chicago talk at the Gene Gragg
retirement symposium! Egyptian proto-scribes received a very limited
explanation of what Sumerian scribes were doing, and came up with their
own adaptation. Just like the Greek proto-scribes wrt Phoenician.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...