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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    1. Marco Arment‏Verified account @marcoarment 6 Sep 2013

      Also wouldn’t be a surprise if Cook had been quietly learning Mandarin for years to take advantage of opportunities like this.

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      Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 6 Sep 2013
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      @marcoarment I can say with authority no chance of that http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html …

      7:25 AM - 6 Sep 2013
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        2. Nightmerica  🇺🇸‏ @sprockethouse 6 Sep 2013
          Replying to @benthompson

          @monkbent @marcoarment I took my minor in Mandarin & have been to the mainland twice; really it’s nowhere near as difficult as he makes out

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        3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 6 Sep 2013
          Replying to @sprockethouse

          @sprockethouse @marcoarment I live in Taiwan and completely agree with him…but then again, I'm not good at languages, so maybe you're right

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        4. Nightmerica  🇺🇸‏ @sprockethouse 6 Sep 2013
          Replying to @benthompson

          @monkbent @marcoarment Well, to be fair you’re also dealing with the traditional characters, as well. Mainland uses the simplified…

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        5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 6 Sep 2013
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          @sprockethouse @marcoarment very true. Big difference in recall

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        6. Nightmerica  🇺🇸‏ @sprockethouse 6 Sep 2013
          Replying to @benthompson

          @monkbent Also worth pointing out difference between learning to read/write (very hard) and to speak/understand (much simpler)

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        2. Troubadour WW‏ @troubadourww 7 Sep 2013
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          @monkbent @marcoarment All Mandarin can be written in Pīnyīn. With that + good coaching, Cook definitely could say a few words in Mandarin.

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        3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 7 Sep 2013
          Replying to @troubadourww

          @troubadourww @marcoarment a few words sure. Different than studying/speaking. I'm sure he's known the basics for a while

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        4. Troubadour WW‏ @troubadourww 7 Sep 2013
          Replying to @benthompson

          @monkbent @marcoarment Could be, and even a few words in Mandarin, carefully chosen and appropriately delivered, could be much appreciated.

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        1. Troubadour WW‏ @troubadourww 7 Sep 2013
          Replying to @benthompson

          @monkbent @marcoarment Most of the problems Moser lists can be solved by writing Mandarin in Pīnyīn. Seriously. Speaking it is not too hard.

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        1. Frank Malinowski‏ @Frankly 6 Sep 2013
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          @monkbent @marcoarment I’m sure he would be speaking and not reading if this were the case.

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        2. Steve Barr‏ @barrsm 6 Sep 2013
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          @monkbent @marcoarment That article was written before computerized learning aids made a difference. That said, Chinese is v. hard 4 adults

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        3. Michael Love‏ @elkmovie 6 Sep 2013
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          @barrsm @monkbent @marcoarment He wouldn't need to speak it, he'd just need a few phrases (with excellent pron, tough for older learners).

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        4. Michael Love‏ @elkmovie 6 Sep 2013
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          @barrsm @monkbent @marcoarment The CEO of Apple addressing the Chinese market in Mandarin would get Apple a $500M ad buy's worth of free PR.

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        5. Steve Barr‏ @barrsm 6 Sep 2013
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          @elkmovie @monkbent @marcoarment Still wouldn’t get Apple off Beijing's bad list

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        6. Michael Love‏ @elkmovie 6 Sep 2013
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          @barrsm @monkbent @marcoarment No, nothing would- smartphones are too impt to let a foreign co succeed at them. Reckoning coming for 三星 too.

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        1. Stefan Claypool‏ @StefanClaypool 6 Sep 2013
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          @monkbent @marcoarment I was a Chinese major. Learning it is hard, retaining it without speaking/reading daily is almost impossible.

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