ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agoSo I recently learned there's was a Chinese emperor named "Cao Pi" which sounds like "Cow Pee", which made me wonder if there are English names that sound funny in other languages.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145message-squareSo I recently learned there's was a Chinese emperor named "Cao Pi" which sounds like "Cow Pee", which made me wonder if there are English names that sound funny in other languages.ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoTs is still found as an older spelling, but usually not for c. Tsingtao (beer) is Qingdao in Pinyin. Zao already exists and is a different sound to cao. 早zǎo and 草cǎo
minus-squareKuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 days agoI think they put the apostrophe after ts in some transcription to indicate the modern pinyin c, i.e. 曹操 Ts’ao Ts’ao
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoHuh, I haven’t encountered that Ts. Or at least I don’t recall encountering it. Just Tsingtao Beer and Tsinghua University
minus-squareKuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIt’s pretty uncommon, from the wade giles romanisation. I only recall seeing it in texts from like, the 1800s
Ts is still found as an older spelling, but usually not for c.
Tsingtao (beer) is Qingdao in Pinyin.
Zao already exists and is a different sound to cao. 早 and 草
I think they put the apostrophe after ts in some transcription to indicate the modern pinyin c, i.e. 曹操 Ts’ao Ts’ao
Huh, I haven’t encountered that Ts. Or at least I don’t recall encountering it. Just Tsingtao Beer and Tsinghua University
It’s pretty uncommon, from the wade giles romanisation. I only recall seeing it in texts from like, the 1800s
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