Victor Mair, world-renowned Sinologist and the general editor of the pathbreaking Cambria Sinophone World Series, was on China Radio International about important topics in the Sinophone world, such as the rise of English words in daily Mandarin use, acronyms (like NBA, WTO, IPO), character amnesia as a result of alphabetical input in computers and cell phones, Chinese words in English, Chinglish, language education, preservation of local languages (e.g., Cantonese in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou, Shanghainese).
If you missed it, you can still catch the fascinating discussion at http://english.cri.cn/7146/2014/05/16/2203s826764.htm
See also Victor Mair’s Language Log posts, which always deliver engaging, educational (and sometimes amusing) facts and discussions.
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