http://simpsonsparadox.com/2007/02/meg-vs-mandarin-again.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://simpsonsparadox.com/2007/02/meg-vs-mandarin-again.html/comment-page-1#comment-9402 Studying Chinese Alone? | Bill (??) Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:22:19 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=443#comment-9402 [...] meg vs. mandarin, again. [...] [...] meg vs. mandarin, again. [...]

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]]> http://simpsonsparadox.com/2007/02/meg-vs-mandarin-again.html/comment-page-1#comment-712 John B Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:51:00 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=443#comment-712 I've always been told (and accepted) that the 'zi' at the end of a lot of nouns is probably there to disambiguate homophones, or at least that was its original purpose. Now it's just part of the word, and it can't be removed any more than you can decided to start saying "Manda" instead of "Mandarin." :) I’ve always been told (and accepted) that the ‘zi’ at the end of a lot of nouns is probably there to disambiguate homophones, or at least that was its original purpose. Now it’s just part of the word, and it can’t be removed any more than you can decided to start saying “Manda” instead of “Mandarin.”

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