From: Juergen Specht
> This reply was a very good example of cultural misunderstandings
Misunderstanding is the right word OK.
> >>This phenomenia can not be compared to the western world
...and...
> I talked about the 'phenomenia of the permanent development of the
> spoken and written japanese language'. This phenomenia is very unique
> and can not compared to military documents, because it is not
> only 'shorten' of words, they develop brandnew words they use
> in daily live all the time.
Juergen, every living language is in a constant state of flux, with new
words coming into use, and existing words changing both form and meaning.
The overall tendency in Western languages is toward terseness, abbreviation
and ellipsis (to a greateer degree among SMS users - but equally true for
the standard spoken and written language). In what sense can Japanese not be
compared to other languages in these respects?
Rgds
Norman
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Received on Tue Jan 23 16:06:58 2001