For those who thought Chinese and Japanese were similar. - Page 3

Chibi Mystic Gohan · 05-08-2008

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Originally Posted by Pyro Bastard

Chinese and Japanese are spoke differantly, but the japanse use loads of chinese characters. Obviously, the japanese have some of their own characters as well though. I'm takin' chinese now and considerin' my teacher knows lods of languages, he already told us this.

Keep in mind that the Japanese kanji are mostly all archaic to the Chinese.

Lisa · 05-08-2008

Unfortunately the Chinese writing was the first one to enter Japan, hence we have fucking Kanjis. It all could have turned out so well if the Portugese had been in Zipangu first >_>
And for the record, we have a) Kanjis with an On and Kun reading, b) Hiragana mainly for grammar and c) Katakana for the foreign stuff such as RAITO.

shotkeeper · 05-08-2008

You guys know way too much lol.

Chibi Mystic Gohan · 05-08-2008

Maybe you know too little...

shotkeeper · 05-08-2008

*snif Snif *
Goes to Wikipedia lol.

Chibi Mystic Gohan · 05-08-2008

Don't worry, I read Wikipedia plenty >_>

Vivi · 05-08-2008

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Originally Posted by Madness

lol too true.

The language is "English" as far as I'm concerned. Americans speak "American-English" - simply a dialect. Nothing more.

Actually, classifying "American English" as just that is foolish, we've got many different dialects. People from the north speak in an entirely different manner than those in the south. And there's differences all over America.

As for what Raven was saying, I completely agree, Spanish is the most useful language (Second to English) in the United States. Now if you lived next to Canada, maybe you could use French. (But it's not like we're being illegally invaded by Canadians at the rate we are from Mexico.)

Madness · 05-08-2008

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Originally Posted by Vivi

Actually, classifying "American English" as just that is foolish, we've got many different dialects. People from the north speak in an entirely different manner than those in the south. And there's differences all over America.

As for what Raven was saying, I completely agree, Spanish is the most useful language (Second to English) in the United States. Now if you lived next to Canada, maybe you could use French. (But it's not like we're being illegally invaded by Canadians at the rate we are from Mexico.)

So what? We have plenty of regional accents too. We still call it "English". We don't call it "Welsh English", or "Scottish English" or even "Mancunian English". They all have their own little nuances and ways of saying things, but they're still the same language.

Deep thought · 05-08-2008

You know, if both languages use kanjis, then I can't understand why some people would think that they are the same. I'm not part of the demographic who thinks that they are similar, but I certainly wouldn't flame someone for thinking such.

And, to be fair, Latin is the grandmother language of most european languages, so a lot of them are similar in subtle ways.

The Green Dragon · 05-08-2008

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Originally Posted by Madness

So what? We have plenty of regional accents too. We still call it "English". We don't call it "Welsh English", or "Scottish English" or even "Mancunian English". They all have their own little nuances and ways of saying things, but they're still the same language.

This guy tells it how it is!

Chibi Mystic Gohan · 05-08-2008

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Originally Posted by Deep thought

You know, if both languages use kanjis, then I can't understand why some people would think that they are the same. I'm not part of the demographic who thinks that they are similar, but I certainly wouldn't flame someone for thinking such.

Yeah, but the Japanese kanji were created back in the Han Dynasty. Modern Chinese characters have changed drastically in pronunciation and appearance, as far as I know.

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Deep thought (19) Mastered Super Saiyan Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: America, vague, huh??? Posts: 1,174 Rep Power: 16	Re: For those who thought Chinese and Japanese were similar. You know, if both languages use kanjis, then I can't understand why some people would think that they are the same. I'm not part of the demographic who thinks that they are similar, but I certainly wouldn't flame someone for thinking such. And, to be fair, Latin is the grandmother language of most european languages, so a lot of them are similar in subtle ways. __________________