Comments on: Greening area http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2006/08/greening-area/ commentary on all things Taiwanese — Taiwan Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:43:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2006/08/greening-area/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Mark Sun, 13 Aug 2006 09:46:00 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2006/08/greening-area/#comment-143 "When I first saw this sign I thought <B>it was yet another example of extremely bad romanisation that is often seen in Taiwan</B>. Not only are there several different systems of romanisation in common use, but often the signs are just plain wrong. Tay Tzyy would be written as tàizĭ in Hanyu Pinyin. The pinyin on the sign is actually written in Gwoyeu Romatzyh (國語羅馬字)." I have to agree with your initial assessment. Gwoyeu Romatzyh <I>is</I> an extremely poor choice, considering how the rest of the world has decided on pinyin. “When I first saw this sign I thought it was yet another example of extremely bad romanisation that is often seen in Taiwan. Not only are there several different systems of romanisation in common use, but often the signs are just plain wrong. Tay Tzyy would be written as tàizĭ in Hanyu Pinyin.

The pinyin on the sign is actually written in Gwoyeu Romatzyh (國語羅馬字).”

I have to agree with your initial assessment. Gwoyeu Romatzyh is an extremely poor choice, considering how the rest of the world has decided on pinyin.

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