Nicholas Bodley wrote:

>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:20:07 -0500, Peter T. Daniels
> <grammatim@...> wrote:
> [nb]
> >> Is ululation an utterance?
>
> > No.
>
> I'm surprised, but, then, my education is limited.

What do you suppose ululation is? You might get a slightly more positive
response if you asked whether glossolalia is an utterance, as it
involves speech-segments.

> (Btw, I never did track down what the crime of "uttering" (iirc a check)
> was.)
>
> >> > ?
> >> [...]
> >> > ?
> >> [...]
> >> > ?
> >>
> >> Perhaps I was naïve in thinking that all Unicode code points that define
> >> symbols were also to be considered part of one or more writing systems.
> >> Sorry if I wasted List time/energy on this.
> >
> > Yet you chose not to answer the questions!
>
> Well, I did consider doing so, but I expected that I'd simply be
> essentially repeating the (apparently) puzzling comments.
> It might have been better to state that in the first reply.
> I interpreted a solitary question mark to indicate something akin to
> bafflement in each instance, and felt that I'd better "back down" and say
> less. If I knew better where the bafflement lies, I might be able to
> help, but, then, maybe I'd be wasting your time.

I do not of course have the puzzling paragraphs any more, but they were
filled with computer jargon (whose relation to the study of writing
systems is not immediately apparent).
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...