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Jax, Mandarin and Cantonese are said differently but use the same characters. Like a stop sign is "stop" in English and "arret" in French. -- nm

Posted by zork Jul 14 '10, 13:38

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wait, what? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:39 4
- think of the icons in a program's tool bar. An English speaker sees one and thinks "open" and a French speaker will think "ouvret" -- nm - zork Jul 14, 13:43
- To put it another way, imagine if "A" makes the "'eh" sound in your language, but "oh" sound in another language. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:43
- there is only one set of chinese characters for both mandarin and cantonese. they just pronounce those characters differently. - Andie Jul 14, 13:42 1
  - Ah, ok. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:44

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