Re: IMLD, 2/21/05: Braille & sign languages

suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels"
> <grammatim@...> wrote:
> > suzmccarth wrote:
>
> > > Yes, I have indeed heard about cuneiform as a depressed
> > > system. However I am not aware that the blind people read
> > > depressed systems.
> >
> > (a) Does that mean it's never been tried?
>
> Have *you* tried? Please quote some relevant research.
>
> > (b) Have you ever seen a cuneiform tablet?
>
> Are you referring to block print cuneiform which provides a relief
> image? These are certainly raised.

No; I don't know what you're talking about, and neither, I suspect, do
you.

> > (c) Can you _possibly_ imagine that other cultures are not the
> >same as yours?
>
> Have you. or have you not, *any* evidence to support your
> cultural hypothesis?

What "cultural hypothesis" is that?

I am referring to the attitude you have brought here for years: that we
are all supposed to know _exactly_ what you're talking about when you
describe Tamil children typing (or not) on computers with (or without)
syllabic grid charts, for which you make up your own terminology, and
that Tamil and Cree are identical and unlike any other writing system
(though they just happen to be the two you've been exposed to), and now
you add in deaf children, ...
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...