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Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ... by tbihl on Saturday January 14, 2017 @04:09PM (#13400566)
Interesting. My only objection is to the bit about the current president. You said that she uses a pinyin spelling, but "TS" isn't a pinyin consonant.
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Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ... by lacampbell on Saturday January 14, 2017 @07:14PM (#13401462)
Whoops! I use Bopomofo exclusively these days - I forgot c is a "ts" sound. Looks like her name is indeed spelled Wade-Giles style.

To add to the confusion, Taiwan seems to have had their own adapation of wade-giles between 2002-2008 called Tongyong Pinyin...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin

The moral of the story is - when asking for directions in Taiwan, don't rely on the street signs much for pronunciation :D

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Re:Zhou Youguang, creator of the Pinyin writing system, has ... by FabHK on Saturday January 14, 2017 @04:25PM (#13400648)
She's Cài Yīngwén in HP, according to Wikipedia.
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