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> Note that it immediately implies that oral communication in English and Japanese is impossible.

Only if people communicate without context. A large amount of ambiguity can be removed by understanding the context of the conversation.



You haven't described a difference between oral and written communication.


I am responding to your comment that oral communication is impossible because of homonyms. I am not covering the difference between oral and written communication.


That is not something any of my comments says. On the contrary, I identified it as "incredibly stupid".




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