[kj] OT How does the mind work?

[FLIGHT BRINGER]

( I meant letters, not words)


" According to Peter, you don't need to know the meaning of the words to 
understand what he's saying!"
    But this is true, Japanese only read amount 60% of the words 
(characters) to understand the meaning of the sentence. That is how they 
speed read. But I do feel that it is beyond your grasp of understanding, a 
bit out of your depth. Learn to speak Japanese then we can have an 
intelligent discussion , until then stick to "Yawn".
    Of course you have to understand the important words, but not the 
unimportant ones

" According to Peter, a character in Japanese is the same as a word"

This is correct, one Japanese character is equivalent to one word in 
English. For example : "House " is just one character(letter, picture, 
drawing or whatever) in Japanese , whilst its five letters in English
One character in Kanji (Japanese/Chinese) is the equivalent to one  word in 
English.



>From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT How does the mind work?
>Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:10:57 +0100 (BST)
>
>A characteristically brilliant quote from Mr West:
>
>   "I must disagree with "deciphering the precise meaning of the word is
>dependent upon comprehending every single aspect of the symbol, including
>context and location within the sentence". It is easy to read my original
>post without deciphering the precise meaning of every word, and thus making
>your statement incorrect."
>
>   According to Peter, you don't need to know the meaning of the letters to 
>understand what he's saying!
>
>   And another one:
>
>   "The jumbled example below is the technique the
>Japanese use, that is, only reading a percentage of the words (characters )
>used."
>
>   According to Peter, a character in Japanese is the same as a word. Oh 
>dear.
>
>   Basic mistakes Peter. They're a giveaway.
>
>
>http://www.flipsidemovies.com
>http://jimharper.blogspot.com
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