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That's the most Ameri-centric thing I've read all day. I assure you that: - There is no such thing as a "standard keyboard" - Not everyone can type Latin alph
by msm_ 3y ago
That's the most Ameri-centric thing I've read all day. I assure you that:
- There is no such thing as a "standard keyboard"
- Not everyone can type Latin alphabet
- Almost nobody can read, speak, hear or write latin, and it makes no sense to "hear latin alphabet". How do you pronounce "Bordeaux" using only your knowledge of the Latin alphabet? How do you pronounce "Queue" using only your knowledge of the Latin alphabet? You realise native speakers of various languages will pronounce words (for example "pain") and even letters (for example "w", "j", "y") very differently? Etc. My name is pure ASCII and every foreigner pronounces it very incorrectly (even though all the sounds exist in the English language already, just mapped to different letters).
- Not every country is related to the Roman culture.
- HPsquared 3y agoAnyone can listen and understand when a person spells "Q U E U E", even if they don't speak English, so long as they share a common (spoken) language. Not so with "列"
- marcus_holmes 3y agoWait, so anyone can understand written English even if they don't speak English? So if I type in German you can understand it even if you don't speak German? Wie funktioniert das?
- HPsquared 3y agoPeople can spell out words in a language they don't understand, as long as they understand the letters. This is good for names. People can only do this if they understand the letters.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoHow do you pronounce "Mebd"? Can you work out how to pronounce that name from how it's spelled? Or "Siobhan"? Your statement isn't even remotely true.
- shiroiuma 3y agoThey don't have to pronounce those: they can just spell out the letters: M-E-B-D. It's not that hard. But if the customer's name is "坂本", how exactly is the bank employee supposed to say that?