Anyone can listen and understand when a person spells "Q U E U E", even if they don't speak English, so long as they share a common (spoken) language. Not so with "列"
Re:EBCDIC Is Incompatible with GDPR
by marcus_holmes on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @10:29AM
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Wait, so anyone can understand written English even if they don't speak English? So if I type in German you can understand it even if you don't speak German? Wie funktioniert das?
People can spell out words in a language they don't understand, as long as they understand the letters. This is good for names. People can only do this if they understand the letters.
Re:EBCDIC Is Incompatible with GDPR
by marcus_holmes on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @08:36PM
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How do you pronounce "Mebd"? Can you work out how to pronounce that name from how it's spelled? Or "Siobhan"?
Your statement isn't even remotely true.
They don't have to pronounce those: they can just spell out the letters: M-E-B-D. It's not that hard. But if the customer's name is "坂本", how exactly is the bank employee supposed to say that?
- There is no such thing as a "standard keyboard"
- Not everyone can type Latin alphabet
- Almost nobody can read, speak, hear or write latin, and it makes no sense to "hear latin alphabet". How do you pronounce "Bordeaux" using only your knowledge of the Latin alphabet? How do you pronounce "Queue" using only your knowledge of the Latin alphabet? You realise native speakers of various languages will pronounce words (for example "pain") and even letters (for example "w", "j", "y") very differently? Etc.
- Not every country is related to the Roman culture.