As a Singaporean, I have been brought up in the confluence of the East -West divide. It has been a source of great interest to me. I came across this post in a forum not too long ago, to me, it represents much of what I have written about with regards to the East-West divide. ” I never understood the … Read More
Social Media and the Language of culture
I have long said that the social Media landscape will eventually diverge.The East West divide will reassert itself and in doing so, create a new ‘normal’. One of the reasons is that of language. Most western languages are phonetic, and meaning is derived from sounds and how they relate. Mandarin however, and most older languages and their derivatives are pictographic … Read More