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I said "What the Chinese think about pinyin is not relevant" in response to thaumasiotes's comment that "The chinese don't worry too much about pinyin." Clearly
by amake 11y ago
I said "What the Chinese think about pinyin is not relevant" in response to thaumasiotes's comment that "The chinese don't worry too much about pinyin." Clearly thaumasiotes is talking about your average Chinese-speaking man-on-the-street, and I think it's pretty clear that I meant that such a person's opinion is not relevant. Of course the Hanyu Pinyin standard is relevant.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoWhy is the Hanyu Pinyin standard relevant? It is not the source of official English orthography for Chinese names (and hey, if it was, xi'an would be just as wrong as xian!). I'll ask you for the third time what you think of 陕西.