suzmccarth wrote:

> Others have looked at the many writing systems for the blind,
> created for a contest in England in 1838, in connection with Evans.
> I am still considering how these might have influenced him. The one
> which truly resembles Cree, in form if not in function, was invented
> by Moon, and published in 1846 in England. I can't see how these
> are connected but 16 out of 26 of Moon's letter shapes are
> *identical* to Cree. I assume that it was an effect of the medium.

Look at the Cree shapes. Are they simple geometric figures?

Does the similarity need explaining?

Do any of the Moon letters and any of the Cree letters stand for the
same sounds?
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...