http://www.sinoglot.com/manchu/2008/05/to-the-end-of-the-queue/ The end of the queue? Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:29:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.sinoglot.com/manchu/2008/05/to-the-end-of-the-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Victor H. Mair Mon, 05 May 2008 15:45:59 +0000 http://www.sinoglot.com/manchu/?p=4#comment-1287 Echoes of Manchu is a good BANR4 伴兒 for Beijing Sounds. While I warmly applaud your principle of "every Chinese character is accompanied by correctly written Pīnyīn," please bear in mind that the converse doesn't always hold true. Namely, not every sound (or morpheme, for that matter) can find an appropriate character. If you pursue your investigations in this spirit, you are much more likely to make major breakthroughs in the probable impact of Manchu upon Mandarin, especially Beijinghua. Echoes of Manchu is a good BANR4 伴兒 for Beijing Sounds. While I warmly applaud your principle of “every Chinese character is accompanied by correctly written Pīnyīn,” please bear in mind that the converse doesn’t always hold true. Namely, not every sound (or morpheme, for that matter) can find an appropriate character. If you pursue your investigations in this spirit, you are much more likely to make major breakthroughs in the probable impact of Manchu upon Mandarin, especially Beijinghua.

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