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

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Jonathan Byrne wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Scott Stone wrote:
> 
> > I'm not talking about languages WRT computers, I'm talking about languages
> > in general.  Look at all the different dialects of German spoken in
> > Germany, and the different dialects of English spoken in America.  Human
> > language is divergent, I tell you.
> 
> Sorry, but all the evidence is against you on this one.  Dialects
> of German and English may not ever disappear, but they are becoming more
> regularized, as are the regional dialects of Japanese.  Where is was once
> the case that a typical native speaker from a given area spoke only the
> regional dialect, among younger Japanese today, most of them speak standard
> Japanese as well as the regional dialect, and there may well be some who
> speak only standard Japanese, even if they understand the regional dialect
> (I've met a few).
> 
> Jonathan

well, I suppose you're right - but it *does* seem that languages USED to
diverge, and now they're converging due to better information technology.

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