Re:Japan Has Changed a Lot
by HKH2 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @11:41AM
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> I really wish Chinese switched completely to pinyin
That's like wishing English would switch to IPA because English spelling is wildly inconsistent - which English would you choose? People who speak different dialects can still understand each other using written Chinese, whereas Pinyin is for Mandarin only.
Re:Japan Has Changed a Lot
by petodo on Thursday January 26, 2023 @02:03PM
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almost everyone using smartphones and computers already use pinyin anyway when they are inputting Chinese characters, it's just redundant at this point, part of tradition without practical meaning
That's like wishing English would switch to IPA because English spelling is wildly inconsistent - which English would you choose? People who speak different dialects can still understand each other using written Chinese, whereas Pinyin is for Mandarin only.