Re: tlug: kanji or romaji for Japanese? (was: parallel-port IDE)

[Matt Gushee <matt@example.com>]

Jonathan Byrne writes:
 > On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Scott Stone wrote:
 > 
 > > This would indicate to me that something IS wrong with the Japanese
 > > language, if you have to explain yourself verbally via the writing system.

I thought we beat this one to death a few months ago. Geez, I go away
for a few weeks, and look what happens.

> That's what I do mainly. In the Internet the decision has
> already been taken: English rules. Whoever THINKS of setting up
> a website these days in another language than English ... ?

> I just have to look at the companies in Germany. Most of the
> bigger ones are multinational and their internal reports are
> done in English. German is on its way out. Maybe we'll trash it
> one day completely ?

Extending the same logic, I suppose that instead of trying to cope
with human differences (and, dare I say, growing in the process), we
should try to eliminate those differences in the interest of
efficiency. But I'm sure nobody believes that ... 

Matt Gushee
Oshamanbe, Hokkaido
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