Dear "mumlob":
I fully agree with you! Converting into kanji takes
a large fraction of the time, especially those which
don't come up straight away. (I write lots of Japanese
imode emails everyday...)
Gerhard Fasol
http://www.eurotechnology.com/
éRâ»ÅFmumlob wrote:
>
> I am Japanese middle-aged man living in Japan.
>
> When I read "Most Japanese text is Kanji+Hiragana",
> I think simply it's right!
> But, in fact there are many katakana in Japanese text.
> Why?
> In our mind, basically every Japanese words consist of hiragana (it stands for
> syllable).
> We Japanese begin to learn hiragana-set first, and learn katakana secondly.
> So, our language's basic character is hiragana.
> But Japanese use katakana for writing foreign words.
> The reason why there are many katakana is only that there are many foreign words.
> Often we type hiragana (by roma-ji method) and convert it kanakana.
>
> By the way, how fast are those Japanese thumbs?
> I want to know that, too.
> It needs several strokes to input one character to Keitai with a thumb.
> And it needs several moments to change hiragana strings to kanji+kana strings.
> I think we cannot compare inputting speeds in a simple method......
>
> > > From: "Gerhard Fasol" <fasol@eurotechnology.com>
> > > > A very small fraction of Japanese uses katakana.
> > > > Before WW2 laws were written in katakana, and it's a way
> > > > to express that laws are old, saying that they are written
> > > > in Katakana.
> > > >
> > > > Most Japanese text is Kanji + hiragana.
> >
> > What?!?!?! Surely you don't mean what you mean. Would you be mistaking katakana
> for hiragana?
> >
>
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Received on Sun Dec 2 17:08:45 2001