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Re: Apple's Language Lapse Irks Hong Kong iTunes Users
Posted by: David Vranicar 2012-07-06 10:30:41

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Apple, which recently launched iTunes in a handful of Asian countries, may have upset some first-time Hong Kong users by listing song titles in the language used in mainland China. Many songs were listed in Mandarin pinyin, which is a system of transcribing Chinese characters into Latin script. This is potentially problematic because in Hong Kong, the main spoken language is Cantonese. The snafu, however, transcends a linguistic headache for customers.

Re: Apple's Language Lapse Irks Hong Kong iTunes Users
Posted by: johnbs 2012-07-06 10:35:40 In reply to: David Vranicar

Major error in your story! Hong Kong uses traditional characters and Mainland China uses simplified characters.