Sounds familiar?

British Empire?

American Colonies?

Time is a circle.

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[–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

...Why is the first sign different? The first two would be "e-lon", right?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago*

    Cantonese vs Mandarin

    Different Sounds, Different Transliterations.

    Idk how those even work, but that's just what the wikipedia says.

    The reverse transliteration also has differences.

    Like...

    A Mainlander and a Hong Konger also have different name transliterations.

    黃家駒 is "Wong Ka Kui" in Hong Kong, but if he had been a Mainlander, it'd be "Huang Jiaju".

    Heck, even Taiwan use different transliterations, even tho its the same Mandarin as Mainland, like Tsai ing-wen would be Cai Yingwen, if she was a Mainlander

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