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I like ancient history and languages and I find it so funny how writing systems often developed from bad puns. Words that have sounds similar to what you are de
by dghughes 4y ago
I like ancient history and languages and I find it so funny how writing systems often developed from bad puns. Words that have sounds similar to what you are describing eg. pictures of a bee and leaf for the word belief.
- orthoxerox 4y agohttps://zompist.com/yingzi/yingzi.htm https://zompist.com/yingzi/yingzi.htm is a great example that shows how Chinese ideograms work by reinventing them for the English language.