Is Technology Dumbing Down the Japanese Language?

Re:Is Technology Dumbing Down the Japanese Language? by brazzy on Saturday December 12, 2009 @01:05PM (#991764)

Too lazy to subscribe. Is the gist "People can't write kanji anymore because computer-assisted input requires only passive knowledge"? If so, that was old news 20 years ago. Electrical typewriters were a huge thing in Japan, because mechanical ones could never produce the ~3000 characters they use.

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Re:Is Technology Dumbing Down the Japanese Language? by umbra on Saturday December 12, 2009 @04:09PM (#991962)

Just delete your NYTimes cookie and then you won't have to subscribe.

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Re:Is Technology Dumbing Down the Japanese Language? by ilovecheese on Saturday December 12, 2009 @02:37PM (#991849)

> Too lazy to subscribe

If you don't have an account to read the NY Times I don't know whether I should laugh at you or pity you. Maybe both.

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Re:Is Technology Dumbing Down the Japanese Language? by andyking on Saturday December 12, 2009 @07:20PM (#992163)

I've never had to subscribe to read the NY Times from Britain. Is it different for overseas visitors?

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