Originally Posted by
moondog
For better or for worse, the practice of physically writing Chinese characters seems to be following the same path as the "penmanship" that many of us learned in school... it's all about computers and cell phones these days, and pinyin is rapidly displacing bpmf.
Agreed, so the actual "utility" of simplified characters has become much less significant. Too bad they've already become so used to the ugliness of the simplifieds. Personally, I still like bpmf as a tool for kids and new learners of Chinese, because it is easier to juxtapose the phonetic next to the character. But I agree that Pinyin is far more easier to learn and type, and easier to use for character input systems.
Originally Posted by
moondog
Lest you get too concerned, almost everyone in first/second tier cities can still read 繁体字... thanks, in large part, to KTV.
That's hilarious.
