Thread:YingHe/@comment-38701854-20191008015427/@comment-36159587-20191013215706

"It's a matter of pattern and recognition, I guess," Hitan suggested. "Each letter is just a symbol. It might help to think of it that way; it might not." He shrugged. "Just don't overcomplicate it too much. A letter is a symbol combined with other such symbols to make up words. For instance...your name. Helen...it's an 'h', two 'e's, 'l', and 'n'. Not in that order, of course."