suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
> wrote:
> > suzmccarth wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Don Osborn" <dzo@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > We are being led to believe that the world is becoming one happy
> > > > global village, well then, it is time Africa commanded the
> respect
> > > > she is long due in the village. Only we Afrikans can ensure
> that this
> > > > indeed does happen through our active participation in the
> process of
> > > > writing our own history. Telling our own stories.
> > >
> "> > *telling our own stories* Yes!
> > >
> > > It is about time that someone said this.
> >
> > Did you miss Afrocentrism entirely?
>
> Thanks for this link. I love to read about what people have to say
> on the topic of their own writing system. I don't particularly like
> to read articles that include phrases like the following.
>
> "congeries of apodictic statements"
>
> The Cree are not at all interested in Evans of the Cree syllabary.
> Some Cree deny the syllabary is his invention. However, there *is* a
> common vocabulary. Everyone that talks about Cree, apart from those
> otherwise enlightened by your book, uses the term Syllabics.

Of course. "Cree Syllabics" is the name of the script. What does that
have to do with anything at all? Why would enlightenment cause anyone to
use some other name for the script?

Note that I have refrained from inserting any expletives at all in that
passage.

Which words don't you understand, "congeries," "apodictic," or
"statement"? Did you read the review?

Did you know that someone called Traveller Bird challenges the entire
received history of Sequoyah's Cherokee?
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...