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minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoTo be fair, there’s also several American accents that could screw up the pronunciation depending upon what part of the country they’re from. I’d be amazed if a country the size of China didn’t have similar occurrences.
minus-squareZDL@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’m approximately 99.44% positive that at no point would “Liu” be pronounced as “Lu” in any dialect of Chinese. Seeing as they already have the perfectly cromulent “Lu” available for that sound. Romanizations are by definition sound-based, unlike characters.
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNot what I was trying to say, but I can understand how you thought that - sorry. I was speaking in a more general sense.
To be fair, there’s also several American accents that could screw up the pronunciation depending upon what part of the country they’re from. I’d be amazed if a country the size of China didn’t have similar occurrences.
I’m approximately 99.44% positive that at no point would “Liu” be pronounced as “Lu” in any dialect of Chinese.
Seeing as they already have the perfectly cromulent “Lu” available for that sound.
Romanizations are by definition sound-based, unlike characters.
Not what I was trying to say, but I can understand how you thought that - sorry. I was speaking in a more general sense.