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Yes, of course — but the point is that native English speakers would have blocked such an absurd proposal no matter what. Han Unification is just as absurd and
by rectang 5y ago
Yes, of course — but the point is that native English speakers would have blocked such an absurd proposal no matter what.
Han Unification is just as absurd and just as unacceptable to a native Japanese speaker as Greco Unification would be to a native English speaker. But Han Unification went through because native Japanese speakers were not in a position to block it. Representation matters.
- verall 5y agoWere they? Or were they worried that their characters would be the ones given 4 bytes, and unifying means not squabbling with China and Korea over who goes first? It's not like Japan was not a technical center at the time. Shift-JIS is still around.
- rectang 5y ago(EDIT: for screen reader users, a translation follows.) ¢σηѕι∂єяιηg тнє нιѕтσяι¢αℓ αηтιραтну вєтωєєη נαραη αη∂ ¢нιηα ιт'ѕ ρяєρσѕтєяσυѕ тнαт тнє נαραηєѕє ωσυℓ∂ υηιℓαтєяαℓℓу ѕα¢яιƒι¢є тнєιя ¢υℓтυяє ιη ѕυ¢н α ωαу. (EDIT: Considering the historical antipathy between Japan and China it's preposterous that the Japanese would unilaterally sacrifice their culture in such a way.)