tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post5162981553151195103..comments2023-05-26T10:55:27.696-04:00Comments on Jc_Freak: Why English Is AwesomeJc_Freak:http://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-81988188434763089532008-11-28T14:59:00.000-05:002008-11-28T14:59:00.000-05:00bethyada,Actually, I meant thousands of characters...bethyada,<BR/><BR/>Actually, I meant thousands of characters, not letters. For an Asian language like Chinese, characters can be combined to form words, although some words contain just one character. Chinese is one of those languages that are easy to read but a total nightmare to write, because even native speakers are bound to forget how to write a less commonly used character at times. And for those who aren't familar with a Chinese input method like ChangJie (or at least PinYin), Chinese is a total nightmare to type as well.<BR/><BR/>As for another conglomerate language besides English that has a huge vocabulary, perhaps Japanese would be one.TrueHopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468797209411273315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-15232214469485222552008-11-28T00:05:00.000-05:002008-11-28T00:05:00.000-05:00English is a conglomerate language with one of the...<I>English is a conglomerate language with one of the largest vocabularies.</I><BR/><BR/>One of the largest?!<BR/><BR/>The largest.<BR/><BR/>I concede your point on variety, but there are other issues where English falls down. Syntax is based on word order rather than word endings which limits expression.<BR/><BR/>26 letters is reasonable, but there is redundancy for some phonemes and no letters for others. (TrueHope, if a language has thousands of symbols then these are words, not letters).<BR/><BR/>I do think the number of exceptions is excessive. I am glad it is my first (and only actually) language.bethyadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990677679970591625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-72564899568810773762008-11-26T01:52:00.000-05:002008-11-26T01:52:00.000-05:00Wow I've never thought of it this way. Incredibly...Wow I've never thought of it this way. Incredibly enlightening.bossmanhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14787721955360743058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-17601142169960366522008-11-24T17:38:00.000-05:002008-11-24T17:38:00.000-05:00Truehope:"Also, the word "man" in the Bible is a b...Truehope:<BR/><BR/>"Also, the word "man" in the Bible is a bit ambigious in that can refer to any person or an adult male. Many other languages don't have this problem."<BR/><BR/>Well, English doesn't need to have that problem, hense the TNIV. Also, Greek is the same as English, where anthropos can mean both human or male, though andros means male. The same with adam in Hebrew (meaning either male or human).Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-41535449248268427112008-11-24T13:56:00.000-05:002008-11-24T13:56:00.000-05:00English is awesome because it only has 26 letters ...English is awesome because it only has 26 letters (compared to thousands of letters for some Asian languages), making it easy to type.<BR/><BR/>One flaw of modern English though is that "you" is used for both singular and plural. Also, the word "man" in the Bible is a bit ambigious in that can refer to any person or an adult male. Many other languages don't have this problem.TrueHopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468797209411273315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-14053156488580926532008-11-24T13:55:00.000-05:002008-11-24T13:55:00.000-05:00You're right! It makes it nice too for learning a...You're right! It makes it nice too for learning a new language - at least the European ones. We already know a lot of the words. Too bad most of us Americans are monolingual anyway.Kevin Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472900037134045450noreply@blogger.com