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# it's arbitrary in the sense that the shapes of letters in the Latin alphabet don't relate to the sounds they represent in a logical way.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 1:41, archived)
# Do you know of a single living language which is non-arbitrary by that standard?
Or one which is genuinely perfectly consistent in its approach?
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 1:45, archived)
# Korean
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 1:46, archived)
# But I thought many native speakers of Korean fail to distinguish vowel length contrastively
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:03, archived)
# And that granted, the Hangeul
which technically refers to the writing system of phonetic characters, are indeed logical, more or less. But Korean language overall is not any more or less scientific than any other language...no language is really scientific as there are always inconsistencies in pronunciation and spelling.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:05, archived)
# You must always blow on the pie.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:08, archived)
# maybe true,
but some are better than others.
Anyway I've only presented a writing system, not a language.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:09, archived)
# I notice you've studiously avoided my point about the pie.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:10, archived)
# it wasn't there when I started replying.
mmm pie.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:12, archived)
# That's more like it.

You realize I was just copy/pasting that stuff off The Google, right?
You probably shouldn't take too much notice of me.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:13, archived)
# Here, have a repost. I'm sorry I'm a dick :(
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:16, archived)
# shiny
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:22, archived)
# This is wonderful
Best ever.
(I helped save b3ta! Bela Lugosi's Dad, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 2:26, archived)
# None!
but that doesn't mean it isn't still bad and wrong and evil.
(I helped save b3ta! Letum Your Ad here £2.40, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 1:46, archived)
# Deep Grey Gnomic
but their only word is "Geuhhhhhhhhh"
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 1:53, archived)