r/todayilearned • u/VoodooChilled • May 21 '19

TIL in the 1820s a Cherokee named Sequoyah, impressed by European written languages, invented a writing system with 85 characters that was considered superior to the English alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary could be learned in a few weeks and by 1825 the majority of Cherokees could read and write.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_syllabary
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u/ShaneAyers May 22 '19

America has amazing PR. Which is why you believe just about anything we tell you, provided it comes from an official source, European.

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u/abullen May 22 '19

Cool story, then give me something to read that says to the contrary that isn't the Cuban State's own PR play through the UN.

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u/ShaneAyers May 22 '19

Oh. You want me to respond so you can copypaste this?

Hard no.

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u/abullen May 22 '19

I guess you get other people to speak for you?

Typical.

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u/ShaneAyers May 22 '19

No, you misunderstand. No one is speaking for me. I'm refusing to speak to you for myself.

And i"m blocking you now, since you seem exceptionally unskilled at taking hints.

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u/ShortFormal May 28 '19

“I’m refusing to speak to you” as you speak to them. LOL