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


"Oliver Cromm" <lispamateur@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:hn5u4al8m5k3.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* LEE Sau Dan wrote:

"Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> A picture of an appropriate sequence of pyramids would
>> certainly locate the Giza plateau. And it would not be at all
>> difficult to write the idea of the earths poles.

Peter> But the name is "Giza," not "Three Pyramids."

What if that picture of the Three Pyramids has become a logo or icon
for Giza?

Then it will be read "Giza" and the Japanese will use it, reduplicated,
for "gizagiza" (zigzag). Or something like that. Look what happened to
the hieroglyphs.


Hmm, hieroglyphshieroglyphs. Is it likely?
:D
Dyl.

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