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Originally Posted by nekokami
HansTWN, I'm not going to get into a discussion with you about Taiwan vs. PRC use of language (or anything else related to that division). I have too many friends on both sides of that issue. All I'll say is that as a linguist, I'm more interested in how people actually use language to communicate, and I report what I've actually heard while visiting Beijing, Chengdu, Shenyang, etc. and what I hear from my mainland friends at the Chinese school where I've worked (and my kids, of course).
For the rest, feel free to have the final word. I won't respond again. It's not that I disagree with you, but we seem to be having trouble expressing any agreement.
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We can always agree to disagree! Issues are rarely black and white, for me a discussion does not always have to be to convince others I am "right". No need to be offended if I don't agree with you. I am just expressing an opinion, which was also substantiated by a number of facts, but I never claimed to be the one with all the answers. I speak Chinese since 1979, and my wife of 25 years is a Chinese linguist. I have traveled to China every month for 20 years, have been to over 20 provinces from North to South and definitely had no intention to start a Taiwan/China argument here.