Re: Celts

From: Marco Cimarosti
Message: 1089
Date: 2003-01-20

Etaonsh wrote:
> Both here and at the Sawndspel 2
> spelling reform forum we have
> discussed Celtic letters recently,
> and I have wanted to call them
> 'runes,' [...]

And you cut a poor figure in both places, it seems.

> [...] that
> we needed a corresponding Celtic
> word to reflect our increasing
> interest in Celtic alphabets.

Here in Qalam, we talked about the Celtic inscriptions from northern Italy,
and these inscriptions, AFAIK, are written in a form of the *Etruscan*
alphabet. So, shouldn't you rather be inventing some Etruscan word?

_ Marco

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