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

"Richard" == Richard Herring <junk@[127.0.0.1]> writes:

>> How many people know what an aeroplane looks like from a bird
>> eye's view? Most people usually see aeroplanes from the side
>> or from below

Richard> What makes you think the stylised silhouette you see on
Richard> road signs (I assume that's what you're referring to) is
Richard> a bird's-eye view, and not what you see from below?

Because I can't see the wheels. :)

(Or you're suggesting that the sign indicates the site of a tragedy in
which a plane crashed/landed tummy up?)



>> If birds can learnt to recognize the stars to navigate at
>> night (according to biologists),

Richard> I doubt if any self-respecting biologist would describe
Richard> what birds do as "learn[ing] to recognize the stars".

If not by learning, then what is it? That's incarned into their
genes?


Richard> The traditional way to find Polaris is to use the _Big_
Richard> Dipper, which would leave a lot of empty space in the
Richard> pictogram. And which way up would one draw it?
>> The same problem has been resolved when Australia and New
>> Zealand designed their national flags.

Richard> So why not use an outline of Australia or New Zealand
Richard> instead?

Ask them. They designed their national flags, not me.



Richard> In any case, neither Ursa Major nor Crux is really a
Richard> particularly good ideogram for its respective pole, since
Richard> both have low enough declinations (+50, -60) that at some
Richard> times and places they appear in the opposite direction.

Opposite direction? You mean it can appear in the northern
hemi-celestrialsphere?


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