I have wrestled a little bit with how to handle technical terms like abugida and virama.\u00a0 The first time I use them, it’s a no-brainer: I explain them.\u00a0 But what should I do the second time?\u00a0 I didn’t want to bore people by explaining the same thing over and over again, but I also didn’t want to confuse people who joined in the middle.\u00a0 (Don’t do that, start at the beginning.)<\/p>\n
I decided that Wikipedia had great definitions of these terms, so I should just let people go there if they were confused.<\/p>\n
However, fully 8% of my regular readership — Jeff Powell — asked for a glossary, and that overwhelming groundswell of support convinced me to write a glossary<\/a>.\u00a0 If you need to find it again, it is the second link in the sidebar, right under Start at the beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have wrestled a little bit with how to handle technical terms like abugida and virama.\u00a0 The first time I use them, it’s a no-brainer: I explain them.\u00a0 But what should I do the second time?\u00a0 I didn’t want to … Continue reading