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
kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
People always seem confused about the redundancy of having Hiragana/Katakana when they both mean essentially the same thing.
But then I point out that we have Upper/Lower case letters.
Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 2 years ago
kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 years 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.
dragontamer@lemmy.world 2 years ago
We probably should point out that the symbol & means “Et”.
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English Symbology is fun.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Those are all recognizable as the letters e and t though
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
Even the first?
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Yeah. These are all the same symbol. The first time I saw the second one, the first one clicked.