Talk:Hieroglyph
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- Maya_civilization#Writing_system link dosent agree with term of hieroglyph? something should be done to correct this use here ?
[edit] hyrogliph
Article states this as an alternative spelling. Never heard any educated person spell it this way, any sources? If not i think it should be deleted as it seems to be nothing more than a misspelling. Any opinions?--71.97.131.187 06:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
What kind of educated person would actually spell the word he is talking about? Mallerd 20:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Religious
In the same way, although the term "hieroglyphics" is still used today, this usage adds a tone of informality (such as in the above example of Greek practice), and is technically incorrect. It is more correct to use the noun "hieroglyphs" for both the language as a whole and for the individual characters that compose it, or to use the term "hieroglyphic" as an adjective (e.g., a hieroglyphic writing system).
Is this sourced? I mean, the hieroglyphs are used to make something sacred, to put spells on [pharao's] tombs etc. It's not just any kind of glyph that is found somewhere that is sacred. Only when it is used to as mentioned before, used to enchant an object of any sort, then it is a hieroglyph. Mallerd 20:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
