Scheme - Re: Universal iconic language - (was

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Re: Universal iconic language - (was - Sanskrit as computer

Matthias Blume

2004-07-09, 4:01 pm

Steve Schafer <see@reply.to.header> writes:

> If I've never been to New Orleans before, I may not know what a beignet
> is, and if I don't know any French, I might really butcher the
> pronunciation, but at least I'll come close enough that someone who
> _does_ know what one is, and _does_ know how to pronounce it, will
> eventually be able to figure out what I'm trying to say. All they have
> to do is ask me how this "beg-nat" thing is spelled, and the confusion
> will be cleared up immediately.

That's exactly how Japanese resolve such confusion: They spell it out
(i.e., they write down the character, often with their fingers into
their palms).

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