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[Walter Bright]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> That's one thing that's kind of nice about Japanese. Native words and 
> loanwords are written in different alphabets (sort of like uppercase vs 
> lowercase), so unlike English, you generally know if a word is a 
> properly-pronounced native word or a potentially-differently-pronounced 
> loanword. (Not that this is necessarily the original reason for the separate 
> native/foreign alphabets, but it's at least a nice benefit.)

I don't see having 3 alphabets as having some sort of compelling 
advantage that remotely compares with the cost of learning 3 alphabets 
and 3 spellings for everything.