[ExI] A deep question
spike
spike66 at att.net
Fri Feb 6 04:54:35 UTC 2009
On Behalf Of
> Harvey Newstrom
> Subject: Re: [ExI] A deep question
...Is there some grand historical document that
decrees that order that I am unaware of? ...
>
> The earliest proto-semetic alphabets used the characters for
> numbers and letters. My guess is that the numbers evolved
> for counting before letters evolved for recording speech. If
> that is true, the numerical order would have determined the sequence.
> --
> Harvey Newstrom <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
Harvey how-the-heck-are-ya Newstrom! Welcome back bud. You were missed.
spike
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