[Tai_Chung]

China has already abused their language by using simplified characters.

[hoosierham]

Which system is more sensible:one that uses a couple dozen characters that may be arranged in hundreds of thousands of combinations to denote both old and new ideas OR a system whicj uses a special picture for each and every real object or idea?

And personally,I DESPISE icons taking the place of clearly worder labels! I find it much easier to learn a new word ,even if it is not my native language,than try to remember or decipher some strange pictograph.

[kearnyirish2]

“China has already abused their language by using simplified characters.”

I’d imagine they had to; how do you make a keyboard or typewriter with 2,000 characters?