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In article <374832D9.D9F2F825@uaf.edu>,
Mike Adams  <mike_adams61@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Since computers are digital, and visual versus verbal (atleast until rece=
>nrly).
>Why not have the middle lingo be one of visual means.. I know said this b=
>efore,
>but not to all the NG this email will be going to..
>
>I know more people do not see in the exact same visual spectrum, some peo=
>ple are
>color blind, but .
>
>Why not have the intermediary lingo be one of visual/vocal means and not =
>this
>primative typed medium?
>
>Did you go to the store?
>
>picture of you, picture of store, question mark.
>
>On my end, it would look like "did you go to the store?"
>but to my french friend it would translate into what ever the symbols tra=
>nslate
>into french.. Or what he/she has on her/his computer..
>
>Of course if I asked "Did you go to the store"?
>
>It would show:
>
>Symbol for past, picture of my french friends (since it is her/his comput=
>er, and
>I am the one asking), and a picture of a strore.
>

The problems here are twofold.  First, I don't see what advantage
coming up with a "symbol" for "store" has over simply using a symbol
comprised of five letters, the first an s, the second a t, and so
forth. 

The second problem is that different languages don't divide the
universe into the same set of primitive symbols.  A good and accessible
example is provided by Japanese.

The question 'Do you like fish?' would be expresssed in Japanese as something
akin to 'Is fish friendly?'

The symbol for fish is obvious.  What's the other symbol you would use?

	-kitten