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Forum: Reading and Writing 17th June 2004, 08:26 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
The character I mentioned is in the Sursong.ttf...
The character I mentioned is in the Sursong.ttf font included in Office XP CHS and in "Office
proofing tools" and standardized by the Unicode organization. Sure, the purpose of this font is
to...
Forum: Reading and Writing 17th June 2004, 04:00 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
I didn't. I just gave [女巽] because it does not...
I didn't. I just gave [女巽] because it does not seem to have many strokes or to be too
complicated, and its splitting into parts is simple (everything is relative...) and is a character
I am actually...
Forum: Reading and Writing 16th June 2004, 11:59 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Like the Messiah? Romanized Vietnamese has...
Like the Messiah?
Romanized Vietnamese has already been invented by Jesuits to propagate Holy Messages to Vietnam,
so it may be God's will to save our soul (and much more) from those devilish ...
Forum: Reading and Writing 16th June 2004, 10:56 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Vinh as in vinh viên (everlasting,...
Vinh as in vinh viên (everlasting, eternal)
trng = dai (long) as in "Van Ly Trng Thanh" (Great Wall)
Even if a Vietnamese doesn't know Chinese characters, he should understand this...
Forum: Reading and Writing 28th May 2004, 02:04 AM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
He he; I think Pazu should have used Yue4 Ju1 越剧...
He he; I think Pazu should have used Yue4 Ju1 越剧 as a better example :wink:
He may have been influenced by Vietnamese usage; for the Vietnamese also use Viêt ng 越语
as a synonym for tiêng Viêt...
Forum: Reading and Writing 27th May 2004, 04:17 AM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
In Han Viêt: 反貪污 phan tham ^o 不合法活動 b^at hp...
In Han Viêt:
反貪污 phan tham ^o
不合法活動 b^at hp phap hoat d^ong
防預貪污 phong d tham ^o
公共關係 c^ong c^ong quan hê
These Han Viêt transcriptions, though a little too much formal or solemn for a...
Forum: Reading and Writing 19th May 2004, 04:05 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
You're right, but I was adding something to Ian...
You're right, but I was adding something to Ian Lee's posts above...
This discussion concerns ideographic characters as a writing system, not just for Chinese standard
Hanzi and mandarin, but also...
Forum: Reading and Writing 19th May 2004, 03:16 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
I think that dmoser is objectively right saying...
I think that dmoser is objectively right saying that "Chinese characters are harder...even for
Chinese", but just practically and psychologically wrong because he touches an emotional chord.
The...
Forum: Reading and Writing 16th May 2004, 02:48 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Pazu: What I've written is not an opinion, just a...
Pazu:
What I've written is not an opinion, just a Devil's advocate observation...
Forum: Reading and Writing 16th May 2004, 12:51 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
I think dmoser has forgotten the main reason for...
I think dmoser has forgotten the main reason for defending Chinese characters:
because they are harder, even for Chinese!!!
In the good old past, when the scholars sect ruled, characters were a...
Forum: Reading and Writing 15th May 2004, 09:42 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
t^oi = 碎 sui4 (Han Viêt toai )"used...
t^oi = 碎 sui4 (Han Viêt toai )"used as" t^oi . It's a Chinese character used phonetically
to transcribe a Vietnamese sound (like kun reading in Japanese)
The same for 過 / 过, guo4 (Han Viêt qua )...
Forum: Reading and Writing 15th May 2004, 04:36 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Just read Pazu's post above about the six ways to...
Just read Pazu's post above about the six ways to invent characters, and you'll see how to
memorize a little less ...
Btw, Pazu:
The N^om characters in your post (after the link to your photos)...
Forum: Reading and Writing 15th May 2004, 03:20 AM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
I don't think these examples are relevant for our...
I don't think these examples are relevant for our comparision purpose.
You never memorize a multiplication table of 200x200. A human being would rather memorize 8
"elementary" multiplication...
Forum: Reading and Writing 10th May 2004, 02:16 AM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
What about typo mistakes using characters? Some...
What about typo mistakes using characters?
Some are very funny. This one I'm copying/pasting from an e-book edition of the "Three Kingdoms" :
meaning : the 7 warring states of the week-end...
Forum: Reading and Writing 8th May 2004, 03:33 AM
Replies: 473
Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Pazu: In the past, neither Han t (Hanzi) nor...
Pazu:
In the past, neither Han t (Hanzi) nor Ch N^om were "popular" in Vietnam for the simple
reason only a few (the scholars) could read/write Chinese characters.
Han t was the official...
Forum: Reading and Writing 7th May 2004, 05:59 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Pazu: This is clearly untrue. Ch N^om, although...
Pazu:
This is clearly untrue.
Ch N^om, although non-standard, has been used under every Vietnamese dynasty (and the kings
were the first one to use them, even the most conservative ones) since it...
Forum: Reading and Writing 7th May 2004, 05:07 PM
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Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Ala: I find this discussion quite interesting,...
Ala:
I find this discussion quite interesting, because it was exactly the case with Vietnamese.
Vietnamese ch N^om [字字] 喃 was character-based. The word ch is Vietnamese, while
t 字 is Han...
Forum: Reading and Writing 6th May 2004, 11:55 PM
Replies: 473
Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Pazu: I'm surprised. This is the first time I've...
Pazu:
I'm surprised. This is the first time I've ever heard this. :shock:
I think it's subjective or a matter of training: if you spell at each word, or if you don't read
many books, yes, but still...
Forum: Reading and Writing 6th May 2004, 02:01 PM
Replies: 473
Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
Vietnamese has no inflection at all, whether in...
Vietnamese has no inflection at all, whether in ch n^om or in latinized transcription, and
will not develop it. Reversely, Japanese has inflection, although Kanji is heavily used (and
Romaji very...
Forum: Reading and Writing 6th May 2004, 04:40 AM
Replies: 473
Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
I would say: it's just as difficult (or as easy)...
I would say: it's just as difficult (or as easy) to explain what kind of flower 玫瑰花 is, or
"rose". If I don't have a picture to point at and say "this is a ..." (玫瑰花 or "rose"), it
would be just as...
Forum: Reading and Writing 5th May 2004, 01:40 PM
Replies: 473
Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese
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Posted By nnt
I think this phenomenon occurs in any language....
I think this phenomenon occurs in any language. Even a renowned writer writing in his native
language has a few words he would always involuntarily spell or write wrong (in case of a
Chinese...
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