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sufue · 06-13-2022, 11:31 AM

Yep ^^^

One of my favorite memories from one of the earlier books (can't remember which) was a scene with a Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker "talking" - except that they had to do it in writing, because the written characters are so similar (identical?), but the pronunciations are very different. And then, a few months after reading this, I was on a business trip in Hong Kong, and I saw this very thing happen at a ticket booth in the subway - the ticket seller pulled out a piece of paper and a pen, and the two people were writing to communicate. It's always super cool when background comes to life like that!

06-13-2022, 11:31 AM	#6263
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 8,157 Karma: 66191692 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	Yep ^^^ One of my favorite memories from one of the earlier books (can't remember which) was a scene with a Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker "talking" - except that they had to do it in writing, because the written characters are so similar (identical?), but the pronunciations are very different. And then, a few months after reading this, I was on a business trip in Hong Kong, and I saw this very thing happen at a ticket booth in the subway - the ticket seller pulled out a piece of paper and a pen, and the two people were writing to communicate. It's always super cool when background comes to life like that! Last edited by sufue; 06-13-2022 at 12:20 PM.