Message from @Tau Windtotem
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in places like japan
people *really* didnt know how to read and write
Everything was based on caste though no matter where you look
some places have bigger upper castes than others tho
~~Then they stole Chinese writing system.~~
Yep
lol
The chinese had like forty jillion alphabets lol
chinese writing system is one of the worst on earth
They still do
China used to be dozens of independent states and people's
its an archaic pictographic language
Then the Han happened
A lot to chose from.
not an alphabet
Their own computers don't have all the characters
Nowdays
No, now they have one composite of forty jillion alphabets
it still is
Nuke Chinese save linguistics
There are kids who taught themselves to read more or less
China would literally be better off using logograms
And yeah it's not as effective as being educated properly
holograms
But you'd be surprised at the gaps the human brain can fill with intuitive learning
what do you mean not as effective?
you cant teach yourself to read without at least learning the phonetic alphabet
Like broken and poor grammar
Awful handwriting
Etc
Bad handwriting is hard to read
Self taught can often result in gaps as well
Still communication though
no, you dont need the phonetic alphabet
It's not standardized or modern
But hey
you need to know the phonetic alphabet to be able to teach yourself to read
just being around people who read stuff and you will pick it up fairly quicklly
Luci seems to think peasants were literally cavemen
at least, i did