At 05:25 AM 12/12/2003, Peter T. Daniels wrote:

>(For me, "Latin" script is the 23 letters used for writing Latin.)

So is the approx. 26 letters used for writing English the 'English script'?

For me, these subsets of signs are respectively the Latin alphabet and the
English alphabet. You appear to be using script as a generic term,
interchangeable with any of the more precise terms alphabet, syllabery,
abugida, etc.; whereas I, and I suspect various other people in this
discussion, would be more inclined to use the term 'writing system' in this
generic way (the Latin writing systems = the Latin alphabet), and reserve
the term script for the superset of signs from which particular writing
systems are derived. I've found this usage useful, and obviously others
have as well; if you have a better terminology that describes the
relationship of the particular to the general in this way, please tell us.

John Hudson

Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
Vancouver, BC tiro@...

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