On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:57:26 -0400, suzmccarth <suzmccarth@...>
wrote:
[...]

> They do, however, write about the fact that the orthography is not
> standardized, tone is not represented and there are no word boundaries.
> Because of this, text must be read aloud several times to create meaning.

Good gosh! Perhaps one might consider the term "pathological" to apply,
when it's necessary to re-read. This dilettante is surprised.

Regards,

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