Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20150105)

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Rich Alderson

    > Kanji are *LOGOgrams*, expressing *words*, not *ideas*.

Since this is a list about antique computers, not about the technical minutiae
of written languages, I elected to use the word that would be familiar to
non-specialists, i.e. 'ideogram' (with the common meaning, not the specialist
one).

    >> There is something called the 'iroha' ... It was used to teach writing

    > this poem was no longer used in schools

Which would be why I said it "was used to teach writing", not 'is used to
teach writing'.

	Noel