Re: intrinsic advantage of Latin alphabet over bopomofo (for Chinese)??

"Artur" == Artur Jachacy <arturj.usenet@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Artur> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:24:05 +0800, LEE Sau Dan wrote:
>>>>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >> > If for some bizarre reason it was necessary to make a >>
>> > distinction, we have "uncle on my father's side" and "uncle
>> on >> > my mother's side."
>> >>
>> >> If I said "paternal uncle" and "maternal uncle", would these
>> >> terms mean the same things to you or would they mean
>> something >> different (e.g. father's uncle and mother's
>> uncle)?
>>
Peter> No, those are fine, but they don't belong to an Peter>
>> everyday-speech register.
>>
>> So, isn't it a defect of your language, given that you consider
>> using <yuan2> to mean USD or YEN or AUD or EUR to be a defect?

Artur> Polish used to have a lot of family relation terms, but
Artur> it's been losing them like crazy. Are you suggesting that
Artur> it's going to the dogs?

Not me. It's PTD.


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