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Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[โ€“] 1 point 11 months ago

In China I replied "New Zealand" when someone asked where I was from. Complete blank stare... A friend of mine said something like "Nova Zelandia" which was immediately understood

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    [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago

    This isn't like replacing the "master and slave" terminology

    I struggle with SPI (serial peripheral interface). Two of the pins are MOSI/MISO (master-out-slave-in and vice versa). There are some alternative namings, but this one seems especially ingrained in embedded dev

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