[Interview] An interview with Stephen Bax

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2) the positional regularity and rigidity of specific VMS glyphs

Bax responded: What do you mean?

This cannot be answered in one sentence and I'm surprised that you are unaware of what I mean. But I have done my best to try to phrase a cogent answer and here it is:

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As for your question do I think the VMS is Latin?

I did not say that! Read my post again.

I said that Latin maps more naturally to the examples you posted in your video than Arabic, using systems already in place in the 15th century that were known to all scribes that used Latin scribal conventions. That doesn't mean I think the text is Latin (other than the possibility of a few loan words, a possibility I mentioned upthread). It means that YOUR SYSTEM works for more than one language and the other language it works for is a more natural fit than Arabic both in terms of the glyph shapes and also in terms of how abbreviations are normally expanded, so why would one choose Arabic (or the other possibilities you mentioned in the video) to systemize the specific examples that you chose for your video when Latin works better?

It's a sincere question.