From: Peter T. Daniels
Message: 3164
Date: 2004-07-15
>Of course. "Cree Syllabics" is the name of the script. What does that
> --- 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.