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mxchelsemaan
4mo ago
It's aesthetically revolting and allows for multiple renderings of the same word.
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mxchelsemaan
4mo ago
His username is a Nazi anti-tank weapon. I suspect "disrespectful of other peoples' culture" is an understatement for OP.
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mxchelsemaan
4mo ago
> But this was not for ordinary people (peasants) or even accountants, where practicality matters. All peasant societies were illiterate, including Latin script adopters. Completely irrelevant to Arabic. "Or even accountants" -
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mxchelsemaan
4mo ago
>As I understand, Arabic alphabet wasn't designed to be practical for daily use and only for writing sacred texts. You clearly don't. Arabic was the premier language for philosophy, science, and mathematics in the middle ages.