Quote: (06-03-2014 06:27 AM)Mage Wrote:
Quote: (06-03-2014 05:56 AM)Slick Shimmer Wrote:
Quote: (06-03-2014 05:51 AM)Mage Wrote:
What are the unique narrative possibilities that japanese script offers and aplhabetic systems lack?
I'm not finished the course yet, so I can't give you an expert analysis or anything, (as I can't sight-read Japanese yet) but Japan co-opted the Chinese alphabet but retain several scripts of their own. They often use multiple scripts at one time, so they can take advantage of very strange puns and in-jokes by cross-referencing.
Still the simplicity of western style alphabet seems superior to me.
This was a very uneducated and idiotic comment.
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