These are fairly easy words but if one wishes to express onesself better, it can be more of a challenge.
Thanks for the explanation and speculation SY. It didn't occur to me that perhpas nobody used hebrew as a normal language before Israel was founded, but that is quite obvious now that you pointed it out. So for everyday use we should rather consider hebrew a very young language then, and spelling reforms usually don't happen that often. I think the greek language had its most recent spelling reform about 2500 years ago. 🙂
Geek,
yes that is what I menat, although I didn't know about those two languages. I do, however, think thai works in about the same way.
Geek,
yes that is what I menat, although I didn't know about those two languages. I do, however, think thai works in about the same way.
Hi,
Recently heard of this on the Discovery channel. They gave a little demonstration.
Really, it's rather natural and I dont' at all believe the 1 in 100 people can read it thing.
As per the second post in this thread by Netlist, I don't really think it gets harder at all the more complex the words are. What slows you down more are the degree to which they're jumbled, you at least need a bit of a cue. Discovery had mentioned the % to which you're slowed down depending on certain factors, like which ones were mixed or how many in total.
Your examples I couldn't get at all, and didn't spend any time at all trying to guess either. The first post I could read at normal speed easily. The problem with yours was that there was simply no context to help you along, making each one more of a task.
So here's the big question, why the hell doesn't this work with math 😕
Ok, I read the rest of the thread and alot of this isn't new, the % of slow down is interesting, too bad I'm too drunk and tired to find a reference to it.
BTW, I think such a skill will only get more finely honed for everyone. What I mean by that is most of what I read is written by people online who don't bother spellchecking like mayself. If you have the misfortune of chatting with certain people.. whew
Recently heard of this on the Discovery channel. They gave a little demonstration.
Really, it's rather natural and I dont' at all believe the 1 in 100 people can read it thing.
As per the second post in this thread by Netlist, I don't really think it gets harder at all the more complex the words are. What slows you down more are the degree to which they're jumbled, you at least need a bit of a cue. Discovery had mentioned the % to which you're slowed down depending on certain factors, like which ones were mixed or how many in total.
Your examples I couldn't get at all, and didn't spend any time at all trying to guess either. The first post I could read at normal speed easily. The problem with yours was that there was simply no context to help you along, making each one more of a task.
So here's the big question, why the hell doesn't this work with math 😕
Ok, I read the rest of the thread and alot of this isn't new, the % of slow down is interesting, too bad I'm too drunk and tired to find a reference to it.
BTW, I think such a skill will only get more finely honed for everyone. What I mean by that is most of what I read is written by people online who don't bother spellchecking like mayself. If you have the misfortune of chatting with certain people.. whew
Yes, but that was "some thousands" of years ago. By 200 BCE, the daily language in the region was Aramaic. It's similar, but distinctly different. The Book of Esther is in Aramaic, as is much of the Talmud and the modern Jewish prayerbook.
Ah, I see. Thanks for that answer, because it has come up in offline discussions and I wasn't sure 🙂
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