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Bookpossum · 12-05-2018, 06:54 PM

Thanks stuartjmz - I did feel a bit put down! It occurred to me also that the person who was (I thought) telling me this was of course a Mandarin speaker, and as is often the case with a member of a large majority, she may not even have realised that there were other written languages.

12-05-2018, 06:54 PM	#59
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Thanks stuartjmz - I did feel a bit put down! It occurred to me also that the person who was (I thought) telling me this was of course a Mandarin speaker, and as is often the case with a member of a large majority, she may not even have realised that there were other written languages.