Thursday, June 12, 2008
Simplified Schemplified
Have you ever wondered why some chinese characters were simplified and some weren't? I do. For example, why in the world did the Communists not simplify the character 的(de) ? It is probably the single most used character in the modern script. 8 strokes! 8 f!@$-ing strokes. If any character deserves to be simplified, it would be this one. But it was not. They could not bring themselves to do something like this:
No, the anti-Japanese sentiment are strong in these ones. How much simpler it would be if they only adopted this simplification scheme for the character?
Side note: Taiwan is going to experience its fair share of anti-Japanese sentiment given the recent fishing boat incident.
No, the anti-Japanese sentiment are strong in these ones. How much simpler it would be if they only adopted this simplification scheme for the character?
Side note: Taiwan is going to experience its fair share of anti-Japanese sentiment given the recent fishing boat incident.
2 Comments:
Re: simplified vs traditional in relation to Japanese Hiragana / Katagana, I know for those one is for the 'pure' Japanese words, and the other (Katagana) is reserved for Western and Non-Japanese-Native words, perhaps the simplified Chinese characters relates some to this.
-A
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