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![stanfordNYC Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::722590431234691073.png) Bernard Stanford ✡︎ [@stanfordNYC](/creator/twitter/stanfordNYC) on x 4811 followers
Created: 2025-07-16 14:36:37 UTC

@cameronmattis Yup. But totally illegal to a modern speaker, and they wouldn't even try to understand it. It's a place name, they're just like that.

The Chinese character system leads meaning to be more clearly preserved across time, even as pronunciation changes.


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