Re: Mixed writing systems (WAS: Newbie says hi)
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 9:08 |
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Jake X wrote:
> > >Also, there's nothing to say that an alphabetic writing system has to
>be
> > >entirely phonetic (indeed, they practically never are). Different
>meanings
> > >could be distinguished by silent letters, empty diacritics or variant
>Do you mean like the difference between Si' (yes) and si (if) in Spanish?
>(I'm not sure I got those right... I don't really speak Spanish myself.
I don't know Spanish either, but it sounds like what I mean.
Andreas
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