Maia wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:41 amSo the alphabet came first, before spoken language?
Sculptor wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:10 amFFS.
DO you think language came before or after writing?
THink about the question before you answer. And when you have your answer you can hide your head in shame.
That's not what I said nor implied.
The English Alphabet is only minorly Germanic, definitely not a majority like you claimed.
The English language is a Germanic language.
The alphabet we use is Latin. which like the Greek one is inherited from Pheoncian.
FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:11 amYou are attempting to make a racial point with that video about black people being violent? That proves my point that you think entirely in racial terms.
No, you are an Accuser and projecting your own racism. You don't even know what you're talking about, even when confronted with the reality of black-majority populations and what they do when unpoliced.
You're simple-minded.
In two sentences you went from denying your own racism, to accusing me of your racism, to saying that racism is right anyway.
Turkey switched from using the Arabic alphabet to the Latin one in 1928. They just changed alphabets, not languages. Other languages have switched between latin and cyrillic also without suddenly being new languages because of it.
FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:40 pmTurkey switched from using the Arabic alphabet to the Latin one in 1928. They just changed alphabets, not languages. Other languages have switched between latin and cyrillic also without suddenly being new languages because of it.
Wizzzzzard is the dumbest of all motherfuckers.
Congratulations pea-brain, you missed the point. Keep swinging.
Maia wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:39 pmGerman uses the Latin alphabet too, by the way.
And USA, England, the Anglo-sphere still doesn't use it, precisely my point.
Maia wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:39 pmI'm fully aware of runes. I'm a Pagan, remember? Runes can be carved.
But, to reiterate, when I read English, from a book, for example, it's not written in the Latin alphabet. But it's still English.
Braille is second-hand transcription. You still base your translations off of the English alphabet and all its derivatives.
I think this side-track argument has gone on long enough now. I'll return to the theme of the thread.
It's not second hand transcription at all, but a fully developed writing system in it's own right. According to your argument, if it's written or composed in Braille, it's not English. And since I can't read the Latin alphabet, I must be illiterate.
Maia wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:49 pmAnd since I can't read the Latin alphabet, I must be illiterate.
If someone carved a sentence out of Latin characters, could you feel the carvings and read it?
I know it wouldn't be as smooth and natural of an experience for you as reading Braille, but could you? Do you tactically know the shapes of the letters well enough to do that?