Re: tlug: IPA (evolving from the topic: Japanese input)

[Kei Furuuchi <kfur@example.com>]

Taro Yamamoto writes:
 > Cliff Miller wrote:
 > > But apparently a number of people took it seriously.... oops.  My
 > > apologies.  I'll shut up now too. Back to work now. To serious
 > > stuff. Like Linux. But ooh so fun.
 > 
 > 	I myself don't like to take it seriously anymore! :-)
 > 		But, as Petrarch once wrote: the written word remains.
 > 		I can't agree with abolition of kanji.
 > 	Anyway, a glass of beer can make me shut up now!

When I said that kanji complex tends to sound same, I missed 
the other aspect of voice communication. When voice
communiction means the telephone, the telephone has the
bandwidth of 8khz. This pretty states information throughput.
So it seems that the communicator sends not only texts which 
are able to be processed by computers, but also body
languages using the rest of channel capacity, which is not
able to be processed by computer. This tends to compensate
kanji shortcomings. 

But, if the voice communication is business-like, the
communicators tend to suppress body languages. 
When the other end of line said to me "great", I didn't know 
how to interpret. Did she mean it or sarcastic? 

I think this applies to the mail list. 
Even if people use signs which include parentheses to show
something of body language, they are still texts. The
bandwidths are limited. 

Even worse, grammatically correct sentences of English do
not necessarily convey what a composer means. Somehow you
have to grow with the language to get a taste of it. It is
very difficult, when it is acquired as secondary language.
I also notice that non-native speakers tend to use it
without inhibition when accustomed to the mail list. Poeple
wear a lot like in a movie.

So in my conclusion, The redneck style and narrow bandwidth
of the mail list tend to heat up uncharacteristic of other
media. It is just easy to be carried away. 

And you could lose sleep over it.

Regards,
Kei.
 


  
--------------------------------------------------------------
Next Nomikai: 17 July, 19:30 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 03-3275-3691
Next Meeting: 8 August, Tokyo Station Yaesu central gate 12:30
*** 20 June: TLUG will be at the Tokyo Linux Fair
http://tlug.linux.or.jp/projects/linux-fair/fair.html
--------------------------------------------------------------
Sponsor: PHT, makers of TurboLinux http://www.pht.co.jp