throwaway936396

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   by throwaway936396 8y ago

   That's a fair point and I agree in general. However, in this specific case I disagree. To show that I agree, allow me to point out how in my earlier comment I used the word "radical" in a technically incorrect but more useful
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   by throwaway936396 8y ago

   Pitch accent + clarification when needed. Subtitles are extremely common here. See my response to a response of this comment for more details. The tl;dr is that the language is harder in speech than in writing. If you stick to well-worn
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   by throwaway936396 8y ago

   Actually this is just incorrect. Spoken Japanese is much more ambiguous. There's a reason subtitles are ubiquitous here. Americans who didn't understand the language tried and failed to get rid of kanji after world war 2. The lang
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   by throwaway936396 8y ago

   I respectfully disagree. As someone with knowledge on the subject, the post I responded to was just incorrect. Alphabet is a specific term with a specific meaning and connotations. It's factually incorrect and misleading to call anyth
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   by throwaway936396 8y ago

   Sorry, but I really strongly disagree with this. I've studied Japanese for 6 years, Chinese for 3 and am currently in Japan. Some of your comments come off as extremely ignorant. For example, neither the kana syllabries nor the logog