Semiliterate restaurant Chinese

Language Log 2025-10-15

Summary:

Charles Belov saw this sign on Clement Street (aka New Chinatown) in San Francisco: Charles noticed that there were some irregularities and inconsistencies in the character usage.  There are so many errors that I won't point out each of them one at a time. They waver between traditional and simplified to forms that are partially […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=71639&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=semiliterate-restaurant-chinese

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

10/15/2025, 18:35

Date published:

10/15/2025, 17:47