idk anglicizations are always weird. weve got weird ass names for european stuff too
No it is not. What makes a term archaic is its use. It is used. It is an English term.
It isnt weird! It is a trabslation! god fuck you
âmandarinâ applies to the late Qing dynasty, which was a dramatically different language than the modern standard stuff
Nobody uses the term âmandarinâ in china. Putonghua has been in use since 1890 or something
English is not the same language spoken in fucking Anglia either you fucking IDIOT that isnt how these things work!
It is?
We are speaking English!!!
Yes you fucking moron mandarin comes from the portuguese jesuits translation of âofficials languageâ
From the late Qing shit
All of that is beside the point anyway. That just isnt how language change works. When China politically changes the name to refer to one thing, the worlds languages do not change with it. Demanding that change would be the imperial thing. You dont know what you are talking about.
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All I was trying to say is that Iâve been pushed to use âputonghuaâ instead of mandarin chinese and those who study the language prefer one term over the other because one term was not as accurate as the other
Yes! That doesnt make what you say any less bullshit!
We donât call mentally disabled people retards anymore
Those who study the language huh?
We donât call inuits eskimos anymore
We call oâodham people by their given name, not the exonym Papago
all of these things happened in the past like 40 years
Of course change happens, but this one has not. Likely because there is just no good reason for it.
I was saying the change is currently happening in academic work