Another example of why pinyin cannot replacehanziis this: 施氏食獅史 The pinyin reads shi1 shi4 shi2 shi1 shi3, making it almost impossible to understand and even contextualize. Sinologist andhanzischolar Bernhard
“I have been resident in Hong Kong for 6 years and 2 months. First as a dependent and now under non local graduates scheme. I have had a residence throughout this period, owned a property for part of the period (sold due to divorce). But I was studying in ...
On returning to the scene, Samson finds that his father’s shoes have been stolen, but his wallet remains, stuffed with banknotes, although some are useless, having been replaced recently by yet another new regime’s currency . When his flat is requisitioned by a couple of corrupt Soviet ...
The reason most of you will never quit your day job, statistically speaking, is because this chasm will always be insurmountable in your mind. Most of you will systematically attempt to eliminate each item on the list. Everyone’s list of challenges standing in the way is different, and the...
and perhaps is trying to pretend to be another person. That’s why parents who think “I’ll start teaching my child language X once they start talking” are headed for failure, since the child is not just starting to talk in the abstract but to communicate with the parent with the lang...
Another one of my favorite countries is India. There’s nowhere in the world quite like this magnificent place. Travelling there means encountering a true bombardment of your senses, as you’re surrounded by unfamiliar sights, sounds, and smells, chaos and charm, and...