"phoneticwriting"—asystemofcharacterswhichreproducethe "sound" (orphone) ofthespokenwordandwhichmakeitpossibleforustotranslateallourspokenwordsintoawrittenform, withthehelpofonlyafewdotsanddashesandpothooks.
"saw" eithermeansacertaintoolwhichyouwillfindinacarpenter'sshop, oritmeansthepasttenseoftheverb "tosee."
, theEgyptianslostsightofboththesemeaningsandthepicturecametostandforasingleletter, .
Theeithermeansoneofthesetworoundobjectsinyourhead, whichallowyoutoseeoritmeans "I," thepersonwhoistalking.
Aiseitheraninsectwhichgathershoney, oritrepresentstheverb "tobe" , itmaybethefirstpartofaverblike "be-come" or "be-have." Inthisparticularinstanceitisfollowedbywhichmeansa "leaf" or "leave" or "lieve" (thesoundofallthreewordsisthesame).
The "eye" youknowallabout.
-languageoutofwhichthehieroglyphicsdeveloped.
Youcannowreadthatsentencewithoutmuchdifficulty.
"IbelieveIsawagiraffe."
HavinginventedthissystemtheEgyptiansdevelopeditduringthousandsofyearsuntiltheycouldwriteanythingtheywanted, andtheyusedthese "cannedwords" tosendmessagestofriends, tokeepbusinessaccountsandtokeeparecordofthehistoryoftheircountry, thatfuturegenerationsmightbenefitbythemistakesofthepast.
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