Roundcat

@Roundcat@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake Is No Longer In Development - Report⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does anyone really still expect a clean ,better than the original, unmonitzed remake from EA? This is probably for the best

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you explain the need for three writing systems in Japanese to a person who only has had experience with one?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who reads Japanese, reading all kana can be slow because you are reading one syllable at a time. It makes going back to old video games and reading children’s media tedious.

  Once you know enough kanji though, you can read incredibly fast. Depending on the material, I can speedread faster in Japanese than I can in English.

  This is because kanji is meant to be recognized at a glance rather than read in your head. The kana in Japanese sentence is supposed to provide grammatical context. So in stead of reading “Inu ga ie ni nemashita” in my head, I’m seeing “Dog, in house, slept” from a glance.

  So the downside to this system is that you’re spending most of your education learning every character you’ll need, but the upside is it can make reading very efficient once you have got it down. I think it’s part of the reason Japan still has a pretty robust book culture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is wrong with some of you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile, me and my siblings: “It’s raining sunshine!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'King Of The Hill' Dale Voice Actor Johnny Hardwick Dead At 64⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not saying the government is somehow involved here…but

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what it means⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  (on our way to area 51)

  What do we want? A man worth fighting for🎵