suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Chinese users _don't_ prefer pinyin. They report it is much slower and
> > less intuitive (NB, Suzanne!) than the character-based input methods.
> > Typing-bee contestants never use it.
>
> Misinformation is not going to help at all. While in Hong Kong I had a
> visit with a Physics professor from China and his teenage son. He said
> that he and other professors and his children used Pinyin input. The
> *secretaries* use Wubi. It is faster but it is a specialist skill.

And Hong Kong (still) isn't China. You won't find pinyin in Taiwan,
either, of course.

> A professor would not likely be trained in Wubi or Cangjie nor would
> they have the need to be. I saw a another teenager in Beijing use
> Pinyin for Instant messaging and it is quite as fast as a North
> American teenager who lacks secretarial training.
>
> Some statistics say that 97% of Chinese use Pinyin input. I doubt that
> this is true but nontheless, Pinyin is popular.
>
> Please don't grab a point and exaggerate.

Once again, come to sci.lang and ask.
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