Re: "kaida" pictographic script and "suuchuuma" numerals

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> John Hudson wrote:
> >
> > At 05:28 AM 12/12/2003, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> >
> > >Is there reason to believe that this is a writing system, that

is, a set

> > >of graphic symbols and rules for their use, such that any

utterance in

> > >its language can be reproduced identically without the

intervention of

> > >the utterer?
> >
> > To confirm the implication of this definition: you are saying

that all

> > writing systems must be in some way phonetically based, and that
> > non-phonetically based sets of graphic symbols and rules for

their use are

> > *not* writing systems?
>
> Of course. Have you read _nothing_ I've published? Or, for that

matter,

> John DeFrancis?

Yes, Pete, I'm sure he's read everything you've ever published.
Perhaps he just hasn't seen the light yet?

Best Wishes,
Mark