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Forum: Reading and Writing 1st September 2003, 10:43 AM
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Characters vs phonetic writing systems
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Posted By roddy
I see your point, and sometimes it can be a...
I see your point, and sometimes it can be a little confusing.
However, it's a lot more confusing to have a thread with the title 'Characters and Phonetic
Writing systems' which discusses character...
Forum: Reading and Writing 31st August 2003, 10:44 AM
Replies: 44
Characters vs phonetic writing systems
Views: 6,491
Posted By roddy
I've moved the recent posts on Chinese Character...
I've moved the recent posts on Chinese Character Input Methods to a new topic in the Textbooks and
Resources forum, shortly to be renamed the Textbooks, Resources and Computing forum....
Forum: Reading and Writing 29th July 2003, 03:09 PM
Replies: 44
Characters vs phonetic writing systems
Views: 6,491
Posted By roddy
Like I said, you might occassionally have...
Like I said, you might occassionally have problems with words in isolation - like when a madman
comes up to you on the street and says 'hey, d'you know what a blenny is?'
Roddy
Forum: Reading and Writing 29th July 2003, 01:41 PM
Replies: 44
Characters vs phonetic writing systems
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Posted By roddy
And . . .(forgot this) I've been told that it's...
And . . .(forgot this)
I've been told that it's impossible to create an adequate phonetic system for Chinese, as there
are so few phonemes you have too many homonyns.
Sounds like rubbish to me. A...
Forum: Reading and Writing 29th July 2003, 01:30 PM
Replies: 44
Characters vs phonetic writing systems
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Posted By roddy
Yeah, I agree that once you've learnt the...
Yeah, I agree that once you've learnt the characters Chinese isn't so difficult - and like the
ugly example, Chinese vocabulary can be beautifully logical.
It's learning the characters in the first...
Forum: Reading and Writing 29th July 2003, 12:10 PM
Replies: 44
Characters vs phonetic writing systems
Views: 6,491
Posted By roddy
This means readers of phonetic scripts don't...
This means readers of phonetic scripts don't immediately get the meaning in their head, which is
simply not true - I can't believe reading � is any more immediate than reading fish.
I'd also like...
Forum: Reading and Writing 29th July 2003, 10:34 AM
Replies: 44
Characters vs phonetic writing systems
Views: 6,491
Posted By roddy
Thanks for starting the thread wix, I hadn't had...
Thanks for starting the thread wix, I hadn't had time to do it myself last night.
Sorry, but they don't. Nobody who hadn't studied Chinese (or any other simliar language could look
at � and think...
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