etaonsh wrote:

>
> I speak with sympathy and
> understanding for participants who
> come from cultures less fortunate
> than my own, but I have to say that
> the word 'troll,' however
> fashionable and current on the Net,
> appears to me to be unacceptably
> close to a bigoted, racist-style
> term. People with genuine, specific
> complaints proceed with them: bigots
> speak in jibes.
> >
> Richard in London
>
> www.egroups.com/group/qalam - world's writing systems.

Troll, shmoll, this isn't an appropriate place to discuss what you've
brought up.

What professional, antiquarian, or scholarly interest do you bring to
the study of the world's writing systems?
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...