occasionally*Shade wrote:I can just turn that around and say that just because they have a purpose does not make them useful.
& is the symbol on my 6 key. I don't care what it's called, even though I do occassionally [sic] use it.
¶ & is considerably useful because of its recognisability as well as being less chronophagous to write alongst with consuming less writing space. Could ye please explain why ligatures are not useful to us?
Shade wrote:You have to memorize fewer different symbols. This is especially convenient when you remove symbols that are essentially duplicates of others (the same way "&" is just a different way to express "and").
¶ What if some people find it easier to remembre ‘and’ as ‘that word that only consists of one symbol’? & has few purposes; it also shortens; I think ye will agree short things are less difficult to remembre.
Shade wrote:Also, if you deem it necessary to go out of your way to mark mistakes in what I wrote, would you at least have the gentleness to point out what they are?
simplicity*
¶ Why would ye bother learning thousands of words for that matter? How would learning thousands of symbols be any more difficult?Shade wrote:Maybe because Japan is an extremely powerful nation with lots of inhabitants?
Maybe because a lot of people like anime and manga, which happen to be Japanese most of the time and not always receive an English translation?
How would I know? I considered learning it as well, but I'm not gonna bother learning thousands of foreign symbols just for that.
¶ Ye seem to know why ’twas disused, so it may follow that ye know why ’twas used to begin with. Is that irrational to præsume?Shade wrote:How would I know?
¶ ‘and’ as well as ‘und’ requires three key‐strokes, whereas ‘&’ requires two. I am rather caught off‐guard that ye can draw one symbol as quickly as three, but I certainly can not.Shade wrote:It's a duplicate symbol for something that can already be expressed with different symbols exactly the same. It's unnecessary.
Besides, I take exactly the same amount of time to hit Shift+6 for & as for typing out "and" (or "und" in German). It's similar for my handwriting. In conclusion, I don't see how it takes less effort.