Tuesday, June 7, 2005

Lenta Smatter



Reader Konstantin has emailed me an excellent piece about Hanzi misuse in Russian media, Lenta.ru:

"You'd think that [Russian] having a long border with China would make a difference, but..."

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2005 at 12:56 AM

    Oops, I thought that was katakana ム for a sec! Heh.

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  2. AnonymousJune 8, 2005 at 1:55 AM

    In addition to being the bopomofo equivalent of an "s", it's also the Japanese Katakana character for "mu".

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  3. AnonymousJune 8, 2005 at 5:07 AM

    I don't think it's such a big mistake since it's still the letter which represents the sound for both characters, anyway it's also strange

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  4. GlennJune 8, 2005 at 11:26 PM

    If the article had been about something dealing with the number four and the word death in Taiwan, then the use would be fine. But since 注音 (zhuyin, the proper name for "bopomofo") is not used in Shanghai, it makes very little sense. It would have made more sense to put "Si" in the image... though 四 or 死 would have been better.

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