I think that China has a couple scripts and some are easier to read. |
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我不是中国人! |
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I think that China has a couple scripts and some are easier to read. |
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Paul is Dead
Well okay, one script is traditional, the other is modern. But the modern script is still a separate character for every word in existence, that's the point. There's no alphabet to speak of... yet! |
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Yeah, the closest to that alphebat is pronounced Kan-gee, (the Japanese use another variant of and although each word doesn't have a different character, it is still pretty crazy and not at all like a conventional alphabet! Yeah you're right... it's strange. |
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Paul is Dead
Don't the Chinese have to learn like 400 characters? |
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Make everyone learn english and there ya go. |
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I think it's beautiful to have to learn so much just to read. |
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You merely have to change your point of view slightly, and then that glass will sparkle when it reflects the light.
Beautiful, yet horribly impractical. Creates a lot of illiteracy. |
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World domination is easier when citizens can't write complaints. |
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You merely have to change your point of view slightly, and then that glass will sparkle when it reflects the light.
Well, japanese has two "basic" sets of symbols, consisting of one symbol for each syllable, , and one "complicated" one, with one symbol for each word. You learn the basics first and then the complicated one. It really isn't that hard if you think of it: you learn new words everyday, don't you? So, instead of learning a new word, you learn a new symbol. |
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Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
Last edited by A Roxxor; 10-25-2008 at 12:15 AM.
There is the Japanese written word pronounced Kan-jee that is relativley easy to learn. Put yourself to it and you can have it down in a year. The Japanese are actually as literate as America, at 99%. |
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Paul is Dead
America has 99% literacy? Wake up man. |
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Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
Kanji is based on one or two symbols per word, if I was told right. |
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Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
Counting mentally able individuals above age 15, yes, we have 99% literacy inclusive to basic literacy. |
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Last edited by spockman; 10-25-2008 at 01:26 AM.
Paul is Dead
Hopefully they'll fully adopt English. English has been on the rise as 'the language of business' since the end of WWII. |
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Well, go back to your ignorant self now. You probably don't even think about how much of an important part of culture and society a language is to a nation. Fuck you and your americanism. Go learn another language and stop being lazy. You just want to take control over the rest of the world with your goddamn capitalism. You don't give a shit about Mandarin, but you expect people to adopt English. Fuck you. |
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Last edited by Kromoh; 10-25-2008 at 05:08 AM.
Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
Kromoh, stop being an ass to people. A single-languaged world is best, and keeping the world seperated by language in order to preserve culture is a waste. What I vouche for, is the entire world learning english as their secondary language, except for UK, USA and Australia, of course. |
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No K, Exo hasn't changed, it's you my friend. |
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Is language all that important, culturally? If it is, should it be? |
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