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Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ... by imjustsaying on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:08AM (#13398994)
Sign up for WeChat and start talking to people in just pinyin. They'll tell you how much they don't enjoy talking to you.
Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ... by jason_slack on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:17AM (#13399042)
I like a good discussion, but you are really stretching each and every post you make. I know people that simply don't write characters at all. I know people that prefer characters.
Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ... by imjustsaying on Saturday January 14, 2017 @08:39PM (#13401836)
I've written people messages in just pinyin and they tell me they don't understand when it's just pinyin. Maybe they were just illiterate?
Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ... by emodendroket on Sunday January 15, 2017 @08:03AM (#13403785)
Nobody will have a discussion with you in English using Cyrillic characters either, but not because English is uniquely suited to the Latin alphabet. Obviously people who read and write with Chinese characters all the time are going to prefer what they're familiar with.