FAO PANGLER

re: chinese pronunciation.

The fact is, there are two sounds in chinese which sound like the english 'tch' sound, one created with the tongue near the front of the mouth (ch) and one created at the back of the mouth (q). The word Chongqing (a region of China) uses both sounds.

As we only have one set of letters to represent the sound, we had to find another way to indicate the difference, and we chose to use the letter q without a u after it , as it wasn't used already and was part of the standard keyboard.

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will explain things a bit better, otherwise maybe you could ask XXL...

Posted By: Dave in France on October 12th 2007 at 13:00:45

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FAO PANGLER (General Chat) - Dave in France, Oct 12, 13:00:45
- Uninterestingly enough (General Chat) - Tomblander, Oct 12, 13:10:42
  - Tchumsht (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 12, 13:11:13
    - even greatererer (General Chat) - Tomblander, Oct 12, 13:13:09
      - What's someone that sells carp called? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 12, 13:27:24
        
        Krapshiteter (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 12, 13:28:54
        
        Peter Grant (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Oct 12, 13:28:51
- See, this is why I love WOTB (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Oct 12, 13:09:43
- i got it the wrong way round, Q is at the front and CH is at the back (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Oct 12, 13:01:50
  - QCH! (General Chat) - BoundsGreen, Oct 12, 13:02:57

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