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TIL people call Latin alphabet Roman lettering I always refer only to numerals as Roman, the alphabet/writing system always as Latin Btw your 2005 pre smartph
by Markoff 4y ago
TIL people call Latin alphabet Roman lettering
I always refer only to numerals as Roman, the alphabet/writing system always as Latin
Btw your 2005 pre smartphone experience compared to nowadays is not relevant anymore with everyone having GPS maps and translator in hands even if no signage were changed, I sort of liked old times when you had to interact with locals, nowadays you can just stare at mobile and no need to talk to them at all.
- majewsky 4y agoThe term "Latin alphabet" is correct in English, but the Japanese do indeed call it ローマ字 ("roomaji", i.e. Roman characters).
- ncpa-cpl 4y agoThere's the term romanization which is the word used when another writing system is converted to roman/latin letters
- ncpa-cpl 4y ago> I sort of liked old times when you had to interact with locals, nowadays you can just stare at mobile Disconnecting from home is something harder to do now. Back when I travelled in the late 2000s, early 2010s, I'd usually just do a three minute phone call home to let them know I arrived well, and perhaps send an email every couple days with one or two photos from a cyber cafe, later with the laptop from the hotel wifi. From the late 2010s onwards, with roaming packages, local sim cards wifi even on flight is harder to disconnect without turning off notifications. One one hand it's quite cool to make a video call to family from the other side of the world, but it also means that suddenly you'll end up dealing with day to day home stuff from a trans pacific flight.