Maybe 54? That way, after adding the ten numerals, we would have 64, which works well with converting it to decimal and octal form.
2006-12-10 04:45:45 · 5 answers · asked by presidentrichardnixon 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Words are too long in English. With more letters, they could be shorter.
2006-12-10 04:52:42 · update #1
Look at Japanese, the longest word is 12 letters.
2006-12-10 04:53:02 · update #2
We already have over a hundred phonograms. All our sounds are covered.
2006-12-10 09:44:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT? It's a language. Look how many words we've come up with using the 26 letters. Infinite words....I don't get what you're saying with "converting it to decimal and octal form"...?
2006-12-10 04:50:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? I'm having trouble with the 26 we have now!
No,we should combine some. Go with sounds.The letters 'th' should be one letter and for goodness sakes if the letter 'q' is ALWAYS followed by a 'u' why not just marry the two and make them one?
Actually I guess you'd have to add more letters because the letter't' is not always pronounced'th'so either we would have to add more letters or change the pronunciation of a bunch of words.For instance,Hamlet would have to say "Thoo be or not thoo be.....?
OK,see?Now I got a headache!
2006-12-10 05:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by robert2011@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I see what you're saying, and it could be very helpful to people if "ah" was a different character than "ay" and "I" and "uh," but do you have any idea how nightmarish it would be to type on a 54 letter keyboard?
2006-12-10 04:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by Halcyon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or maybe we could get rid of language all together and go back to drawing on cave walls and grunting.
2006-12-10 04:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by Lovely 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋