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The poem reads as both a feminist statement and a defense for her own powerfully prickly syllabics, unusual rhymes, and often strange music.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2016
The ones who knew the old syllabics system?
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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Literatures had previously flourished through the use of hieroglyphic and syllabic symbols; and the Babylonian syllabics continued in vogue throughout western Asia for a long time after the Phoenician alphabet had demonstrated its intrinsic superiority.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
The missionary is invariably asked to be the chairman, and a clever writer of the Indian syllabics is appointed secretary.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.
Mary, the nurse, while able to read fluently in the Cree syllabics, had no knowledge of English.
From Algonquin Indian Tales by Young, Egerton Ryerson
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