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This has always been a favorite. I also enjoyed this one about Chinese, which my wife sent me recently: http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html http://piny
by mplanchard 5y ago
This has always been a favorite. I also enjoyed this one about Chinese, which my wife sent me recently: http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html
- bombcar 5y agoIt’s interesting to compare languages on how much you can simply ignore and still communicate - for example broken English where you don’t conjugate anything can usually be deciphered and English spelled phonetically is pretty easy to read (even if all the words are spelled wrong).
- dang 5y agoAh yes - also one with some HN history: Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard (1992) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18670031 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18670031 - Dec 2018 (49 comments) Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard (1992) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7622432 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7622432 - April 2014 (294 comments) Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1280348 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1280348 - April 2010 (5 comments) Why Chinese is so damn hard - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=176498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=176498 - April 2008 (2 comments)