Mrco wrote:

> Yes, but the point is that keyboards tend to only have capital letters engraved on the

keys.

Irrelevant.

a) Keyboards can have any glyphs on them. [I'll also point out that
the glyphs on the keys are screened, not engraved.]

b) to find an unfamiliar glyph, one can use fire up their virtual
keyboard/IME/etc, and do a hunt/peck for the glyph, without having to
know whether it is a majuscle, or minuscule.

> So, a minimum of acquaintance with the Latin alphabet is definitely necessary to use a computer, as well as to use lots of other modern devices.

Useful, but not necessary. Virtual keyboards/ IMEs take care of
Latin writing system input, when the default writing system is
something else, or the individual does not know the Latin Writing
system.

> Incidentally, knowing the Latin alphabet is probably required also to read or write most major literary language used today:

Useful, but not required. Suzie pointed out how people do a "hunt and
search" for glyphs that they don't know.

xan

jonathon
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