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| 25 | 88 | "Why should they be View more quotes about interested">interested in such things?" "Such studies were conducted originally, at least publicly, as opposed to the presumed secret studies of cryptographers, in connection with the Sardar Fairs," said Bosk, "at meetings of Scribes concerned to standardize and simplify the cursive alphabet. |
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| 25 | 85 | "It is based upon letter counts," said Bosk, "over thousands of words in varieties of manuscripts". |
| 25 | 86 | "These matters have been determined by scribes?" asked Samos. |
| 25 | 87 | "Yes," said Bosk. |
| 25 | 88 | "Why should they be interested in such things?" "Such studies were conducted originally, at least publicly, as opposed to the presumed secret studies of cryptographers, in connection with the Sardar Fairs," said Bosk, "at meetings of Scribes concerned to standardize and simplify the cursive alphabet. |
| 25 | 89 | Also, it was thought to have consequences for improved pedagogy, in teaching children to first recognize the most commonly occurring letters". |
| 25 | 90 | "I was taught the alphabet beginning with Al-Ka," smiled Samos. |
| 25 | 91 | "As was I," said Bosk. |