Comment on How would you explain the need for three writing systems in Japanese to a person who only has had experience with one?

kakes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We probably should point out that the symbol & means “Et”.

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  English Symbology is fun.

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Those are all recognizable as the letters e and t though

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    • bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Even the first?

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      • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah. These are all the same symbol. The first time I saw the second one, the first one clicked.

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• Dr_Cog@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Upper and lower case are part of the same written language and serve distinct purposes (emphasis, indicating proper nouns and beginnings of sentences, etc)

  Hiragana and katakana are more distinct

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  • kakes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I know hiragana and katakana are used differently than upper/lower case, but I honestly don’t see how they’re that much more distinct than upper/lower case. They’re differently distinct, but I wouldn’t say more.

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