I'm a little shaky on the whole concept of High Speech. It's clearly not just a graphical thing, but a different spoken language meant only for the select few. There are some catches, though - it's not as simple as just a letter-by-letter transliteration, and King doesn't help us out much.
I was always confused in Drawing of the Three, when they get to Balazar's. Roland is able to read most of the signs, because they use the High Speech alphabet, except he can't read the word "the." Seems like it's the "H" giving him problems. Even though, he has already read it, on the door: "The Prisoner." Theory, please!
I was always confused in Drawing of the Three, when they get to Balazar's. Roland is able to read most of the signs, because they use the High Speech alphabet, except he can't read the word "the." Seems like it's the "H" giving him problems. Even though, he has already read it, on the door: "The Prisoner." Theory, please!