5 Jan
2015
5 Jan
'15
8:27 p.m.
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