Reviewing books on writing systems (THES, October 18), Oliver Moore makes the remarkable claim that "no one has yet invented a purely written language". John Wilkins invented one as long ago as 1668 and the Royal Society set up a committee to improve it. The limitations of such systems have nothing to do with questions of pronunciation.
Roy Harris 2 Paddox Close, Oxford
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