• Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah I have never heard a good argument for logograms

    You need fewer characters to express the same idea. Ever notice Spanish language takes more space than English to write the same meaning? Chinese takes even less.

    Learning <30 symbols is objectively simpler than several thousand

    I agree, but I think it's easy to overstate this. With many alphabetic languages, you have to memorize patterns of symbols that no longer match the pronunciation. E.g. Ever notice how every vowel in English makes multiple sounds that overlap with the other vowels?