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Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

From John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers, alt.english.usage, alt.usage.english, alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic, alt.chinese.fengshui, alt.magick
Subject Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?
Date 2026-08-31 09:34 -0700
Organization A place where nothing fits quite right
Message-ID <20260831093459.00005fa5@gmail.com> (permalink)
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On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:55:20 +0800
"Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

> Egyptian hieroglyphs are all like icons and emojis. While Babylon
> cuneiforms have just lines.

Cuneiform is pictographic in origin too; but it was developed by
scribes who mainly used wedge-shaped reeds to stamp on clay tablets,
rather than ink and pen to write on papyrus (or paint on walls,) so the
shapes were more abstract than hieroglyphs. IIRC, as it changed over
time the characters eventually became unrecognizable as even abstract
pictures unless you compare them against the earlier forms.

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