On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Leo J. Moser wrote:
> or an imaginary "independent state of Nagano") and had opted to go with
> romanization. Wouldn't the resultant language be "of less complexity"
> than that of the rest of Japan?
Uh? Urh? Urk? "Less complexity" does NOT mean "more like Western
languages".
> Let's split English into two imaginary (theoretical) languages.
> They are different only in one spells a word "through," the other
> spells it "thru." Is not the latter going to be slightly "better" i.e.,
> more efficient and more logical?
First, prove that "short spelling is more logical". The fact that it
matches your personal prejudice does not make it better.
> Or say there are two imaginary versions of English, one has
> the word "tomato" the other calls the same fruit "poison-apple."
> Would not the latter be an "inferior language," because it would
> foster a tendency not to use a valuable dietary product?
Ever eat "Alfred's little worms" (fettucini Alfredo)? Gosh, those
Italians are SOOOO INFERIOR!