Cyrillic or Latin?

[poiuytrewq0987]

Which alphabet do you prefer? I find Latin to be easier because I grew up learning it and the Serbian Latin alphabet is just a variant of the Latin alphabet. Whereas if I try to read something Cyrillic I always translate them in my head from Cyrillic to Latin before I start reading but I can read Cyrillic alphabet pretty quickly though.

[San Galgano]

I go with these ancient badass fellows of mine.:cool:


http://web.tiscalinet.it/fnmarche/legionari_romani.jpg

[San Galgano]

I know it was a thread directed to Serbs but i could not resist.;)

[Osweo]

Уот де фук из ронг уид ю, Войд?!?! Сун ю'л би райтинг йур Инглиш ин Сирилик, дон'т ю уурий...

[Turkophagos]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QRqmGBO7LPg/SCQOQ80CnsI/AAAAAAAAAD8/wUvDywDAqnw/S660/greek_alphabet.gif

[Stygian Cellarius]

IMO, the Latin alphabet is more beautiful. It has consistency of form that is lacking in Cyrillic. All letters look like they belong to part of the same system. The form of the letters appear to be constructed from the same set of parameters. There are no awkward letters that pop-up in the middle of words – like in Cyrillic.

The above, I believe, is the result of Latin going through a more natural evolutionary cycle. Whereas Cyrillic had no evolutionary cycle, but was invented by one man and then used "as-is".

Disclaimer: I know very little about the origin and development of either alphabet. Much of the above is assumption-based.

[Radojica]

I am writing with Cyrillic letter as much as possible, but I was accused once of being nationalist or some shit like that because of that :confused:, because not every minority which is living in Serbia is not able to read it. Bahhh, I'll continue using it until my death and the rest of haters can kiss my pale ass, oh yeah, kiss my pale ass xD

[Piparskeggr]

I use the Latin alphabet, as it is the one that is used for English.

When I try and understand at least some of the meaning of other languages, I try and find translations, which use "Romanized" spellings, as these are easier for me to process.

Within my devotions (especially divination/mystical purposes), I use the symbols know as the Runes, aka the Elder Futhark.

[poiuytrewq0987]

IMO, the Latin alphabet is more beautiful. It has consistency of form that is lacking in Cyrillic. All letters look like they belong to part of the same system. The form of the letters appear to be constructed from the same set of parameters. There are no awkward letters that pop-up in the middle of words – like in Cyrillic.

The above, I believe, is the result of Latin going through a more natural evolutionary cycle. Whereas Cyrillic had no evolutionary cycle, but was invented by one man and then used "as-is".

Disclaimer: I know very little about the origin and development of either alphabet. Much of the above is assumption-based.

The Cyrillic alphabet is pretty much a copy and paste of the Greek alphabet with some changes and regional variations. I can read the Greek alphabet quite easily which doesn't come to me as a surprise.

And to say that the Cyrillic alphabet was invented overnight. That's wrong. Cyril and Methodius came up with the Glagoitic alphabet, the alphabet that served as a precursor to the Cyrillic alphabet. How? The Bulgarians took Glagolitic alphabet and modified it to the alphabet we call Cyrillic today.

[Osweo]

IMO, the Latin alphabet is more beautiful. It has consistency of form that is lacking in Cyrillic. All letters look like they belong to part of the same system. The form of the letters appear to be constructed from the same set of parameters. There are no awkward letters that pop-up in the middle of words – like in Cyrillic.

No way, man!

You probably haven't seem much of it other than the Times New Roman font online, perhaps...
http://pravkniga.ru/pictures/pravoslavie/0f99fc179ac14cd522343d0bd91325a8.jpg
http://orthodisc.ru/cdfoto/0518.jpg
http://feb-web.ru/feb/avvakum/pictures/ROB-141-.jpg

Not so easy to find good handwriting online, but;
http://www.dyslexia.ru/images/4-8.jpg
http://www.nestor.cracow.pl/Wydawnictwo/literatura/foto/rukopys.gif
http://vvl00.narod.ru/1vl-0444.gif
(might be interesting to see how our members write! :p)

So TAKE IT BACK!!!
http://static.diary.ru/userdir/2/9/2/1/292111/18678143.jpg
Okay???

[Stygian Cellarius]

Okay, okay, those images are absolutely beautiful, BUT:tongue any alphabet can be made to look beautiful depending on the font used. IMO Georgian is the most beautiful (and reminds me a good deal like Tengwar).

Anyways, whatever the details of their creation may be, the point of my post that needs to be countered is this: it appears that Latin may have developed via a more natural, longer and consequently, thorough evolutionary process that would weed out awkward characters. An assumption to explain its consistency of form that I see lacking in Cyrillic.

[Comte Arnau]

In matters of aesthetic beauty, non-European writing systems win us hands down. We must admit, unless blinded by chauvinism, that our alphabets are meant to be as utilitarian as possible, the Greek having still some charm to my eyes.

There is still some beauty, though, in the italic styles. The difference between print and italic style in Cyrillic alphabets is evident, for instance. As for Latin alphabets, the aesthetic peak was reached in some of the old styles, from uncial to fraktur blackletter.

[poiuytrewq0987]

In matters of aesthetic beauty, non-European writing systems win us hands down. We must admit, unless blinded by chauvinism, that our alphabets are meant to be as utilitarian as possible, the Greek having still some charm to my eyes.

There is still some beauty, though, in the italic styles. The difference between print and italic style in Cyrillic alphabets is evident, for instance. As for Latin alphabets, the aesthetic peak was reached in some of the old styles, from uncial to fraktur blackletter.

I agree that the present Latin alphabet chose utility over aesthetics.

[Radojica]

Miroslav Gospels


Miroslav Gospels (Serbian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language): Мирослављево Јеванђеље or Miroslavljevo Jevanđelje) is a 362-page illuminated manuscript (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript) Gospel Book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_Book) on parchment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchment), with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in Old Church Slavonic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Church_Slavonic), along with the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_of_the_Priest_of_Duklja). Miroslav Gospels manuscript represents the most precious and significant document in cultural heritage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_heritage) of Serbia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia).

In 2005, the Miroslav Gospel was inscribed on UNESCO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO)’s Memory of the World Register (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Register) in recognition of its historical value.

http://directionstoorthodoxy.org/share/mod_gallery/932.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Miroslav%27s_Gospel_001.jpg

[poiuytrewq0987]

Miroslav Gospels


Miroslav Gospels (Serbian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language): Мирослављево Јеванђеље or Miroslavljevo Jevanđelje) is a 362-page illuminated manuscript (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript) Gospel Book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_Book) on parchment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchment), with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in Old Church Slavonic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Church_Slavonic), along with the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_of_the_Priest_of_Duklja). Miroslav Gospels manuscript represents the most precious and significant document in cultural heritage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_heritage) of Serbia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia).

In 2005, the Miroslav Gospel was inscribed on UNESCO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO)’s Memory of the World Register (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Register) in recognition of its historical value.

http://directionstoorthodoxy.org/share/mod_gallery/932.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Miroslav%27s_Gospel_001.jpg

That book is pretty amazing. So much cultural value is tied into that book and not to mention the fact that it survived the Ottoman occupation and that's a feat pretty impressive.

[Corporate_Demolisher]

Cyrillic is more beautiful, but Latin looks more strict/to the point.