Re:When Chinese children forget how to write
by phil5 on Thursday August 28, 2014 @02:55AM
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> No, people from Beijing cannot read a text written in Shanghainese using simplified script.
I'm not a native of Shanghai but I still get to understand written Shanghainese. Because even though I can't _read_ it, I can somehow _interpret_ it. It uses the same Chinese characters and I already knew what these characters mean.
> Since everyone in China is taught mandarin Chinese they tend to write to each other in mandarin.
There are still people native to Cantonese, Min Nan, or Hakka who don't speak Mandarin.
I'm not a native of Shanghai but I still get to understand written Shanghainese. Because even though I can't _read_ it, I can somehow _interpret_ it. It uses the same Chinese characters and I already knew what these characters mean.
> Since everyone in China is taught mandarin Chinese they tend to write to each other in mandarin.
There are still people native to Cantonese, Min Nan, or Hakka who don't speak Mandarin.