grodog wrote:Chinese characters are dialect-independent IIRC: while Mandarin and Cantonese are separate dialects, they share the same character sets. I'll confirm with my wife later today (she's a Chinese-speaking and -reading linguist).
beasterbrook wrote:is that the one from a polyhedron mag, I know there was a poto like that in one of them...Brette:)
VermilionFire wrote:Yes, the written language is the same (with just a few minor quirks), it's only spoken differently. I'm going to take a digital magnifying glass to that picture to try to puzzle it out.
blackdougal wrote:[ Image ]
VermilionFire wrote:blackdougal wrote:[ Image ]My best shot is: mo2 - Evil cheng2 - Cityqi2 - Strangeyu4 - EncounterNo dragons or dungeons in the name... the number next to the phonetic stands for the Chinese tone mark.