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My understanding was that Chinese typewriters were slow to operate until the Chinese government came up with an alternative, phonetic way to spell.
by colinmhayes 4y ago
My understanding was that Chinese typewriters were slow to operate until the Chinese government came up with an alternative, phonetic way to spell.
- UncleMeat 4y agoThis is largely a myth. They are very different than typewriters for english, but not impossible to use. Functional typewriters existed for the chinese language long before simplified chinese.
- filleduchaos 4y agoI mean, the person you are replying to said "slow to operate". Not sure how that's being conflated with "impossible to use".