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Everything is learned, even language. Phonetic languages are great when space is unlimited. Only so much can fit on a button, and a picture is worth a thousand
by al_borland 2y ago
Everything is learned, even language.
Phonetic languages are great when space is unlimited. Only so much can fit on a button, and a picture is worth a thousand words.
- WalterBright 2y agoIf pictures are better, why do picture languages nearly always evolve to phonetic ones? What's the picture for "go" ? What's the picture for "dog" as opposed to a picture for collie? There are one million words in the English language. Are you going to memorize them all? Picture languages simply do not work.
- al_borland 2y agoWe're not talking about developing an entire language, we're talking about a button to let someone turn features in their car on and off. An icon can be used globally, just translate the owner's manual instead of making thousand of different cars where the only change is the language on the buttons.