--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> In a way, yes. It _simplified_ the alphabet (the younger futhark
was slimmed down to 16 letters), and simplicity is a gain>
Is this really a *natural* development? Was it really that hard to
keep track of the 21(-23) runes. Were iron age Scandinavians dumber
that us? I suppose that those who wrote didn't write *only* on stone.
Anders