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Phead128

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taxiya said:
It actually worked, few years ago South Korea demanded China and Japan to change the name of their capital Seoul in Chinese/Japanese language from 汉城 to 首尔. As far as I known lots of Chinese medias complied..

The act is stupid by all standards of course. 汉城 was not a name imposed by Chinese, but was Korean's own choice when they named the city using Hanja. It was then adopted by China and Japan due to the fact that Hanja is the same thing as Chinese character and Japanese Kanji.

India (according to wiki) is ultimately a word from Sanskrit which is Inidan culture. It then was taken by Persians and passed on to the rest of the world. It has nothing to do with British colonial rule. Essentially India is similar to China (Qin) passed on by Persions to the west.
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actually, when Japan colonized Korea, it changed the name from 汉城 (Han city) to 京城 (Capital city), because Japanese though 汉 was "Chinese/China/Han ethnicity" to avoid mixing.

So Korea just carried that concept forward, Seoul 서울 means "Capital city" in native Korean. They didn't want to use the Hanja 京 (Capital) to repeat Japanese decision so they opted for the native pronunciation which had no Hanja equivalent... Talk about nationalism.... it's really the Japanese fault for instilling 汉 as "China/Chinese" when 汉城 means "Great city" in Korean Hanja for millenias.
 
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Intense social pressure adding to South Korea suicide epidemic.
Tens of thousands of teachers rallied in Seoul on September 4, 2023, calling for better protection after the recent death of a primary school teacher who took her life because of work pressures sparked by parent bullying.
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Sexual harassment is commonplace for South Korea young male idols. Several hundred people?!
The team’s three-month investigation, which included speaking with 23 victims, concluded on August 29, 2023, that Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted and abused boys as far back as the 1950s and targeted at least several hundred people.
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56860 said:
We live in a universe where the foremost experts on China do not speak a lick of mandarin and have never set foot in the country, and the foremost experts on semiconductors are gender studies majors. What an interesting universe we live in.
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When they write the history of America's end in the late 21st century, this should be the first line in the book.
 
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taxiya said:
India (according to wiki) is ultimately a word from Sanskrit which is Inidan culture. It then was taken by Persians and passed on to the rest of the world. It has nothing to do with British colonial rule. Essentially India is similar to China (Qin) passed on by Persions to the west.
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That the word in Sanskrit shell be translated into "印度" was decided by 玄奘 himself. He first wrote about it and used that word in 646 when detailing his you know, journey to the west. I don't think we should go against 唐僧 on this at least when it comes to the country's name in Chinese.
 
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tygyg1111

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siegecrossbow said:
I am way more qualified than either of these jokers on semiconductor matters. I’ve taken several semiconductor courses in undergrad and have hands on experience in a fab during my internship. I have a feeling that neither of these idiots can explain how MOSFET works or know what logically complete is off the top of their dumbass heads.
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TBH most SDF readers are probably more qualified than they are
 
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