Writing English with Chinese characters

Language Log 2023-03-21

Summary:

Responding to "Transcriptional Chinese animal imagery for English daily greetings" (3/13/23), Mary Erbaugh, using Yale Cantonese romanization, writes: ———— I've never seen it done with animal names, though probably easier to remember, amusing. I'm used to the English word pronunciations in old fashioned HK (& Taiwan) almanacs, like the Bou Lòh Maahn Yauh (Cant.) / […]

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

03/21/2023, 09:47

Date published:

03/21/2023, 06:47