色盒直播

Write on

October 25, 1996

Reviewing books on writing systems (色盒直播S, October 18), Oliver Moore makes the remarkable claim that "no one has yet invented a purely written language". John Wilkins invented one as long ago as 1668 and the Royal Society set up a committee to improve it. The limitations of such systems have nothing to do with questions of pronunciation.

Roy Harris 2 Paddox Close, Oxford

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