Re: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!
| From: | Viktor Orenji <vmed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 23:51 |
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:36:43 -0600, Eddy Ohlms <etg@...>
wrote:
>Most Chinese characters have a component that indicates basic
>pronunciation, so English writing really is almost as complex as Chinese
>writing and takes up much more space.
Yeah, I had the same thought... It would have been nice if the invention
of the alphabet were taken to its most logical, systematic use. No one
has done a psycholinguistic study on the effects of a chaotic orthography
on the language's users. And perhaps no "feng shui" mystic has analyzed
how the "qi" flows in various written languages. Myself, I stumble on a
nanosecond "mind block" whenever I read English words with "-ight" like
in "night" or with "-ought" like in "brought." English is not my first
language...
--Viktor
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