Talk:Peter T. Daniels

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Peter may have popularized the term "abugida", but he certainly cannot claim to have "coined" it, since that very term (for precisely the same thing) has been used in Ethiopia for centuries...! All references to his "coining" the term therefore need be changed. Codex Sinaiticus 5 July 2005 05:30 (UTC)

Perhaps it would be most correct, to say that he gave the term a new meaning? IMHO his "invention" was the use of the terms abjad and abugida to create a categorization system for alphabetic writing systems. Both terms were in use before, but not exactly for that purpose. --Pjacobi July 5, 2005 09:02 (UTC)

Again, that is precisely the same meaning Ethiopian scholars have attributed to this Ethiopian word for centuries. But it seems like in the Western view there is no such thing as an "Ethiopian scholar" so therefore the "credit" must go to a Westerner... I'm not exactly sure what he "invented" or did that was new, other than to adopt or borrow the term into English from Amharic or Geez (and then it can even be argued whether he was the first to use the word in English). Codex Sinaiticus 5 July 2005 14:27 (UTC)

I'm only speculating out of ignorance. So, the term "abugida" was also used to classify together Indic scripts, Ge'ez, [[Meroitic script], and others? That would be a very interesting addition we can make to the Abugida article. Is there anything we can give as reference or source for this? --Pjacobi July 5, 2005 14:31 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

I was translating this article to Catalan, and when I realised, I was edited my text over the English article. I hope to have restablished correctly the original article. Sorry for my rudimentary English too.

[edit] Is he really so imporant?

Is Peter T. Daniels really so important that he merits a whole page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.74.99.84 (talk • contribs) 09:39, 27 July 2006

Heh, well, I guess he wouldn't be sorry if it went away; he said once,
It [the Wikipedia article on me] was quoted to me once, and yes, it had some “accurate facts” in it.
—Tamfang 17:51, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] More info

Is he alive is he dead, when was he born etc.--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 14:54, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, he was alive as of November 27. —Tamfang 09:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC)