6 Jan
2015
6 Jan
'15
9:03 a.m.
Noel, those overly concerned with
semantics will *always* jump at the
chance to demonstrate their superior
knowledge. Their knowledge is indeed
superior, but their inate need to
demonstrate it is just as great.
On 1/5/2015 11:27 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
From: Rich
Alderson
Kanji are *LOGOgrams*, expressing *words*, not
*ideas*.
Since this is a list about antique computers, not about the technical minutiae
of written languages, I elected to use the word that would be familiar to
non-specialists, i.e. 'ideogram' (with the common meaning, not the specialist
one).
> There is something called the
'iroha' ... It was used to teach writing
this poem was no longer used in schools
Which would be why I said it "was used to teach writing", not 'is used to
teach writing'.
Noel