Lady of the Land @Lady@cat.family

tfw you got your ideas of romance from “but i can’t date a princess! i’m only a commoner!” disney flicks

still balking at the take « calling romantic partners ‘compatible’ just means their placement on the romantic hierarchy is relatively equal in its privilege »

i realize you’ve probably never dated and have no interest in ever dating but that’s not what compatible means

imagine having “we should use a transcription system developed by a British ambassador instead of one developed by people who are actually Chinese” as your ideological stance 😮‍💨

« Official pinyin use is controversial, as when pinyin use for a metro line in 2017 provoked protests, despite government responses that “The romanization used on road signs and at transportation stations is intended for foreigners... Every foreigner learning Mandarin learns Hanyu pinyin, because it is the international standard...The decision has nothing to do with the nation’s self-determination or any ideologies, because the key point is to ensure that foreigners can read signs.” »

apparently we have Taiwan to blame for this; the majority of people from Taiwan use Wade‐Giles

[note: for everyday pronunciation‐spelling purposes, Taiwan uses Bopomofo]

you can tell i don’t use Wade‐Giles much

i guess it would be “sup’ejiêrh”

god just use pinyin

oh whoops i misspoke Wade‐Giles doesn’t have R let me try to get it more correct

imachin th’êngk’êng that’ th’is its the sup’ejioj jomanitsashên ssist’êm

imakine th’inking that’ th’iss is the ssup’erior romanisat’ion ssysst’em

this amazon reviewer called Wade‐Giles a “superior” romanization system so now i know not to trust anything said by this amazon reviewer

when they publish a book using Wade‐Giles

the question is just cheating the audience *well*

“it cheats the audience” babe, the audience *wants* to be cheated

it’s not my place to draw these lines but i’m just not really sure it can even be called a fox story if nobody fucks the fox

british people really just think foxes are vampires, best as i can tell

british people writing fox stories: and then the fox was like ooh! ooh! seduction!! but reader, i resisted! and i foiled that dastardly spirit’s plans, and in a rage it slank away

actual fox stories: so then zheng fucked the fox

why would you do this

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