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For language nerds, this made me laugh
On learning the Awful Korean Language by Antonio Graceffo
few thoughts:
1.What the hell am I getting myself into?
2.I think there is a parallel universe somewhere out there where I am a linguist
3.Phonetic Keyboard Input for Hangul is the most retardedly awesome thing ever, even if it makes for bizarre spelling mistakes (I actually dont know if they are mistakes or not. I have yet to figure out if putting syllables together from letters is as simple as just that or a bizarre art form. If former then the same word can be written in a variety of ways, and if the latter then I will likely never learn to write but still adore the idea.)
4.grrr. After reading the article the idea of the Chinese writing system finally makes sense tome, and now I really want to learn it. I absolutely love the idea of written characters actually looking like what they mean. It really is a beautiful solution to the problem, and so very arrogantly Chinese. Hehe. Of course the solution to everyone speaking different languages and not understanding each other is not to all learn one language. That is just a recipe for wars over which language is superior. No, clearly the solution is to invent a ridiculously complex system of drawing pictures at each other and go on speaking different languages. It really is no surprise that they adopted Communism. Gotta do everything ass-backwards and with impeccable style. (Russians just like doing things ass-backwards though I'm really grateful that they didn't try to get too creative with the language.)
On learning the Awful Korean Language by Antonio Graceffo
few thoughts:
1.What the hell am I getting myself into?
2.I think there is a parallel universe somewhere out there where I am a linguist
3.Phonetic Keyboard Input for Hangul is the most retardedly awesome thing ever, even if it makes for bizarre spelling mistakes (I actually dont know if they are mistakes or not. I have yet to figure out if putting syllables together from letters is as simple as just that or a bizarre art form. If former then the same word can be written in a variety of ways, and if the latter then I will likely never learn to write but still adore the idea.)
4.grrr. After reading the article the idea of the Chinese writing system finally makes sense tome, and now I really want to learn it. I absolutely love the idea of written characters actually looking like what they mean. It really is a beautiful solution to the problem, and so very arrogantly Chinese. Hehe. Of course the solution to everyone speaking different languages and not understanding each other is not to all learn one language. That is just a recipe for wars over which language is superior. No, clearly the solution is to invent a ridiculously complex system of drawing pictures at each other and go on speaking different languages. It really is no surprise that they adopted Communism. Gotta do everything ass-backwards and with impeccable style. (Russians just like doing things ass-backwards though I'm really grateful that they didn't try to get too creative with the language.)