>But this fits exactly into the permanent development of the
>spoken and written japanese language...words will be shorten,
>until you don't understand them anymore. We had this discussion
>some months ago in this list, here are only a few examples:
>OL = Office Lady
>sekuhara = sexual harassment
>cosplay = costume play
>(insert 100000 words more here)
>
>This phenomenia can not be compared to the western world and
>so the comparision of Qwerty keyboards for westerns and
>keypads for japanese makes no real sense.
Come on.......
Abbreviations and shortened expressions are used in all societies and user
groups. Ever tried to read a military document?
Japanese is unique but not that unique.
Arjen van Blokland
arjen@fra.allnet.ne.jp
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Received on Tue Jan 23 04:48:58 2001