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Re:Office of the President of Mongolia (top to bottom text o... by shard on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:14AM (#35664696)
> Note that it immediately implies that oral communication in English and Japanese is impossible.

Only if people communicate without context. A large amount of ambiguity can be removed by understanding the context of the conversation.

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Re:Office of the President of Mongolia (top to bottom text o... by thaumasiotes on Saturday April 22, 2023 @06:14AM (#35664996)
You haven't described a difference between oral and written communication.
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Re:Office of the President of Mongolia (top to bottom text o... by shard on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:56PM (#35669207)
I am responding to your comment that oral communication is impossible because of homonyms. I am not covering the difference between oral and written communication.
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Re:Office of the President of Mongolia (top to bottom text o... by thaumasiotes on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:29PM (#35671081)
That is not something any of my comments says. On the contrary, I identified it as "incredibly stupid".
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