If English were written like Chinese (1999)

Re:If English were written like Chinese (1999) by yorwba on Saturday August 20, 2016 @06:08PM (#12328474)

For comparison, the letters in "continue" have approximately 15 strokes total.

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Re:If English were written like Chinese (1999) by pacaro on Saturday August 20, 2016 @08:20PM (#12328895)

Or two strokes and a dot in cursive. A principle that also applies in Chinese and Japanese

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Re:If English were written like Chinese (1999) by labster on Saturday August 20, 2016 @08:04PM (#12328865)

続く is 14 strokes, so Japanese beats English!

I could go on ... and "go on" is only 6 strokes.

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Re:If English were written like Chinese (1999) by vacri on Saturday August 20, 2016 @10:17PM (#12329140)

You could just use the ellipsis, and use only three strokes. Or even simpler, an em-dash at one stroke. :)

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