[Wikipedia-l] Re: Quenya language request, and Chinese Wikipedia again

[Andrew Lih]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:21:40 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> What I find amusing is that he says things about how Cantonese isn't
> written, and then in the same breath he says something about how
> _when_ Cantonese is written, it can't be understood.

Mark, let's not be so literal here. You know what Formulax is talking
about - in the general case, Cantonese is not widely written. It has a
rich spoken tradition especially for film, music, opera, poetry, arts
and the like. But in the area of  written nonfiction, very little.

> And even more interesting is how you act for a moment conciliatory
> buay conciliatory (I think you'd be more likely to hear "act yong hor
> buay yong hor") about how you encourage this enthusiasm... but then
> your true nature rears its ugly head (that's what the "buay yong hor"
> part is for) and you're back to your snappy,
> Cantonese-is-not-a-written-language-and-if-it-is-I-dont-like-it self.

Don't punish people for trying to find middle ground.

-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)