Re: VMs: Re: Moot points, getting long

["GC" <gc-@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree.  Too much to respond to, and too many mis-perceptions to try to
clear up all at once.  I like your example however, which clearly
demonstrates the differences in approach.

Rene wrote:

> Yes, I can see the differences between some
> plumes of <sh> (where <sh> is nothing else than
> Currier Z). I can also see variations in essentially
> all letters in the VMs. In particular Eva-A.
> Look at the first word (fachys) and how sure
> can one be that this a is actually an a?
> What about the following 'ch' ?
> Gabriel already listed many other letters of which
> one can see variations.
>
> This is what I meant with making decisions. This
> is unrelated to the fundamentals of the
> transcription alphabet being used. In any
> system you have to decide which set of
> squiggles belong to each individual transcription
> symbol (or pair or triplet or...).

The 'a' in <fachys> is a perfect example.  This is written with one stroke,
not two, and cannot be justified as lumping together with other 'a's, which
is why in my previous discussions I've referred to this as an "alternate a".
If your transcription records this variation separately, it certainly
changes the <a> statistic, and you may also discover that this is one of
those 'cyclic' glyphs I've been mentioning, that disappear and reappear only
in conjunction with certain other glyphs.  One might draw their own
conclusions from this phenomenon, but the very existence of this phenomenon
is not available unless one first records the visual information in detail.
You might better understand my argument against <sh> if EVA transcribed the
<s> glyph (constructed as an <e> with a loop) separately from those that are
constructed as a <c> with a loop, similar to the <s> but not the same.  I
don't even find a 'wierdo' for this form in the EVA alphabet at present,
which is surprising because there are more than a few of these.

I'm looking forward to seeing Gabriel's new release of the EVA
transcription, and will reserve further comment until its release.

GC

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