Re: LOGO-L> Language vs Visual

[Chuck Shavit <CShavit@MagicSquare.com>]

>>Mike Doyle wrote:
>>... all written characters are defined by mark/space contrasts 
>>be they Oriental pictograms, Arabic script or Roman characters.
>>
>>Yehuda Katz write:
>>In Arabic, there are no spaces between individual characters within a
word >>(except after 5 out of 28 letters). A non-Arabic reader can't figure
out how >>many chracters (letters) are there in a given written word.

Ditto in cursive English writing.  

But perhaps unlike the Arabic situation, sometimes even a highly trained
English reader cannot figure out where each letter begins and ends in a
prescription from a Doctor.

Chuck
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