Re: in the NEW YORK TIMES today, report of a USA patent for a met hod to make the Arabic language easier to read/write/typeset

[Mark E. Shoulson]

And see http://www.arabetics.com/ for the official site.  (Me, I think 
it's a cool idea, but I'm notorious for being fascinated by shiny new 
things.)

~mark

Mike Ayers wrote:

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Behalf Of Michael Everson
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:40 AM
> In the NEW YORK TIMES today
> comes a report of a USA patent for a new version of written Arabic
> letters, designed to make them easier to read/write/typeset without
> making them too different from traditional Arabic script:
        And this comes hot on the heels of the ITA discussion.  Yes, 
folks, now aspiring learners can have their budding literacy stunted 
in not just one, but two of the world's major languages!  <sniff>  
Aaaaah, progress.

/|/|ike