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To: Tai_Chung

“China has already abused their language by using simplified characters.”

I’d imagine they had to; how do you make a keyboard or typewriter with 2,000 characters?


45 posted on 12/24/2010 8:41:07 AM PST by kearnyirish2
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To: kearnyirish2
“China has already abused their language by using simplified characters.”
I’d imagine they had to; how do you make a keyboard or typewriter with 2,000 characters?

You misunderstood. The characters themselves are simplified -- they use fewer strokes. In Taiwan (I'm told) they use the original characters.

For typing they use a system called "pinyin", IIRC. I don't remember exactly how it works but it seems to involve typing up to three Latin characters then selecting the Chinese character from a menu of choices. Something like that.

51 posted on 12/24/2010 12:54:44 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
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