If English was written like Chinese (1999)

Re:If English was written like Chinese (1999) by ggm on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @03:06AM (#40571487)

I can't entirely buy this line of reasoning because it depends on rhyming/sounds-like reasoning but Mandarin and Cantonese are not sound alike. And, I would not expect all sound-like root terms to work in both. I mean french and English sound alike mostly but in no way is sun/son translating to soleil/fils.

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Re:If English was written like Chinese (1999) by TheGlav on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @01:06PM (#40576705)

The author expanded on that later in the article, saying it was not quite right and doesn't always work, but it's a good analogy.

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