Allen Lau
I recently spent a few weeks in Asia, visiting Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan before returning to Toronto. Eva joined me for the first part of the journey, while I spent time in Singapore on my own, a city I’ve visited numerous times before. In Taiwan, I was accompanied by Albert, who was...
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The Japanese hiragana and katakana syllabaries are the most widely used writing systems of their kind today. Studied by millions of students around the world who have become enchanted with Japanese pop culture, one has to ask the burning question: Can I use the kana to write my own language?...
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Out of all the Southeast Asian scripts, the Myanmar script is very easy to identify. Most letters are composed of a combination of circles, circle-based arcs and/or loops joined by straight lines, with the occasional irregular twist thrown in for some variety, resulting in a very round script...