Re: NATLANG: Dravidian langs really *are* cool!

I pretty much disagree with the comments on the Japanese writing
system! It is simply a matter of getting used to and familiar with it.
In the same way, you can say r > n > h > b with one extra stroke at
each step. R's, n's, m's, u's and sometimes even c's and a's are hard
to tell apart in cursive scribble too.

It doesn't seem fair to me to judge on an Anglocentric platform. :-)

Eugene

On 18/03/2008, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...> wrote:
>  >  Another would be katakana, one of the Japanese writing systems.  Way too
>  >  many of the characters are too close in appearance, and not at all
>  >  related in sound.
>
>
> Ah yes - figuring out how to distinguish "tsu" from "shi", and "so"
>  from "n", was pretty tough, especially in handwriting. "wa" and "u"
>  are also pretty similar (random fact: you can go "no - fu - wa - u" by
>  adding one stroke at a time).
>
>  Cheers,
>
> --
>  Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
>