Variation on a Theme

The vague but recognizable meaning of a single glyph can be made more specific by adding secondary glyphs.

In theory, using two glyphs means that we can turn 400 glyphs into 160,000 words. In practice, some combinations seem rather meaningless, like for example [sleep][theater] or [handshake][voice]. We could probably find some sort of meaning to attach to those compounds, but not for anything we discuss with any regularity, and not for anything that can't be expressed more clearly with some other combination.)


Handshake

agree
client
friend
meet

Mail

address
email
invite
letter
mail
mailman
post office
post card
voice mail

Sleep

dream
lazy
sleep
snore

Talk

ask (question)
greet
preach
request
say
shout
speak, talk

Theater

actor
comedy
play
stage
theater (drama)
theater (place)
tragedy

Voice

language
laugh
sing
snore
speak, talk
voice
voice mail

Welcome

greet
invite
meet
welcome


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