Comments on: “Taiwanese dialect”: a Dangerous Tool of Taiwanese Nationalism? http://www.tailingua.com/news/2008/03/13/taiwanese-dialect-a-dangerous-tool-of-taiwanese-nationalism/ The latest on the Taiwanese language, plus updates to Tailingua.com Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mark S. http://www.tailingua.com/news/2008/03/13/taiwanese-dialect-a-dangerous-tool-of-taiwanese-nationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Mark S. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:57:57 +0000 http://www.tailingua.com/news/2008/03/13/taiwanese-dialect-a-dangerous-tool-of-taiwanese-nationalism/#comment-286 A couple hours after I wrote the above response, I received a message from Wong, who said he'd take a look at the DeFrancis work on the <a href="http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/ideographic_myth.html" rel="nofollow">ideographic myth</a>, to which I had referred him. So I'll give him credit for that, at least. A couple hours after I wrote the above response, I received a message from Wong, who said he’d take a look at the DeFrancis work on the ideographic myth, to which I had referred him. So I’ll give him credit for that, at least.

]]> By: Mark S. http://www.tailingua.com/news/2008/03/13/taiwanese-dialect-a-dangerous-tool-of-taiwanese-nationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Mark S. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:19:28 +0000 http://www.tailingua.com/news/2008/03/13/taiwanese-dialect-a-dangerous-tool-of-taiwanese-nationalism/#comment-283 That's the same author who, less than two weeks ago, wrote about the oracle bones in the National Palace Museum. He described these as having "the first known written Chinese ideograms." I wrote him about his misuse of "ideograms" and the redundancy of the word "written" but have not received a response. That’s the same author who, less than two weeks ago, wrote about the oracle bones in the National Palace Museum. He described these as having “the first known written Chinese ideograms.”

I wrote him about his misuse of “ideograms” and the redundancy of the word “written” but have not received a response.

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