Strange Word in Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt utilized one of the most intricate writing systems in history, known as hieroglyphics. This system, inscribed on temple walls, stelae, and countless papyrus scrolls, was a blend of alphabet, ideograms, and pictograms.

Alphabetic Signs:
In hieroglyphics, alphabetic signs represent single sounds, much like the letters of the modern alphabet. These signs were relatively few and were used to spell out the sounds of words.

Ideograms:
Ideograms, or logograms, represent words or morphemes (units of meaning). For instance, a symbol of a man could stand for the word "man." An ideogram essentially captures an idea with a single sign.

Pictograms:
Pictograms are signs that represent objects by visually resembling them. They're similar to ideograms but are more direct visual representations of the objects they signify.

As civilizations evolved and intermingled, there was a need for a simpler, more efficient way of communicating. Several factors led to the decline of hieroglyphics in favor of pure alphabet systems.

[panampace]

“Your name is stomp on a chicken?”
“No it’s Stephen”

[chair]

“What's your favourite colour?”
“Stop pig.”

[robert]

That symbol looks like the pig leaving disappointed after being denied 😂

[crusader-yvzr]

Imagine the puns in ancient Egyptian literature. You could feasibly write jokes with double, triple, or even quadruple meaing.

[federationofunitedchristia]

"Dude, there's a pig on the loose"
"TURQOISE!!"

[pizzawhisker]

The concept of people 3000 years ago having the same hyeroglyph for "stop" that we would now also choose is weirdly wholesome and comforting to me.

[allendracabal]

"Written languages used to be flexible like this until pure alphabet systems took over."
Somebody forgot to tell the Chinese.

[edit.]

You get the ancient Egyptian word for...

"Politician!"

Turquoise

"Ah..."

[Kash_ino]

"is your name a long thrusting spear?"
"no its lance"

[o_]

“So your name is princess-can”
“It’s Quentin.”

[JurassicJacob_]

"Your name is Yes-corn?"
"No, it's Jacob."

[twistedviper]

"So your name is an eel who unlocked the power of the third eye?"
"No I'm Eli"

[eviefromthemummy]

I am still in awe of the fact that people have been able to reconstitute this logic and decipher hieroglyphics

[senorspaghetti]

"So you're Eye Sack?"
"It's Isaac and you know it."

[alexserdeliuc]

Cop: What color was the suspect wearing?
Witness: Stop pig.

[jademonass]

"Your name is winter festival yes?"
"No, its yule-ya, like the roman emperor but female"

[schrodinger]

“Your name is dirt fart?”
“It’s Claire. Clay-air”

[sonicsora]

“Ah, pleasure to meet you, Numbers-Arrow.”
“It’s Matthew. Math+You.”

Edit: Boy oh boy, do I like all the “Um actually…” on my own name as hypothetical hieroglyphs. Love to see it.

[ToyInsanity]

Take a drink everytime he trys to convince us lapis lazuli is turquoise.

[ptwizy]

"So you are comforting a clown?"
No, this Patrick!!!