r/linguisticshumor • u/JRGTheConlanger • Dec 23 '22

Semantics These are all different characters, right?

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u/wynntari Starter of "vowels are glottal trills" Dec 23 '22

Why are there so many threes?

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u/arto2d Dec 23 '22 edited Dec 23 '22

maybe something about how we write in the latin script, left to right and downwards.

but i dunno, when i tried making an alphabet of my own i noticed it was easier to write everything in the 3 pattern, but i thought thats just me

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u/wynntari Starter of "vowels are glottal trills" Dec 23 '22

I don't know how anything other than One would be easier

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u/Milch_und_Paprika Dec 23 '22

I don’t see how one is any more intuitive than three, which follows typical Latin stroke order: vertical lines, then horizontal bars. The others are abominations though. (Also 3 looks more aesthetic in cursive, but that’s just like my opinion man)

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u/Milch_und_Paprika Dec 24 '22

Dang I guess I’ll let him have this, since his bday is coming up.

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u/arto2d Dec 24 '22

i do it weirdly, my "+" is 1, but my letters are 3. if i do "+" as 3 it tends to become too tall, like a christian cross