Word: pinyin
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Dates: during 1979-1979
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...Pinyin Chinese...
Congratulations on adopting the Pinyin spelling of Chinese words [March 26]. I never did know how to pronounce an apostrophe...
...English-speaking world is groaning about the adoption of Pinyin. Having been raised with a language that contains such combinations as "rhythm," "syzygy" and "gnathic," and in which gh, ph and ff can all sound alike, I don't see what the fuss is about. But then, conversion to the metric system hasn't progressed well, even though it too is easier...
...Chinese premier's name "Hua Kuo-feng" in Wade-Giles--would become "Hua Guofeng" in Pinyin. Egan said. The Chinese word for China. "Chung-kuo," is "Zhangguo" in Pinyin...
...change and it may cause a lot of trouble, but Pinyin isn't harder to learn at first than Wade-Giles," Egan said...