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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@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 -
@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 -
@monkbent@marcoarment Well, to be fair you’re also dealing with the traditional characters, as well. Mainland uses the simplified… -
@sprockethouse@marcoarment very true. Big difference in recall -
@monkbent Also worth pointing out difference between learning to read/write (very hard) and to speak/understand (much simpler)
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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. -
@troubadourww@marcoarment a few words sure. Different than studying/speaking. I'm sure he's known the basics for a while -
@monkbent@marcoarment Could be, and even a few words in Mandarin, carefully chosen and appropriately delivered, could be much appreciated.
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@monkbent@marcoarment Most of the problems Moser lists can be solved by writing Mandarin in Pīnyīn. Seriously. Speaking it is not too hard.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent@marcoarment I’m sure he would be speaking and not reading if this were the case.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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 -
@barrsm@monkbent@marcoarment He wouldn't need to speak it, he'd just need a few phrases (with excellent pron, tough for older learners). -
@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. -
@elkmovie@monkbent@marcoarment Still wouldn’t get Apple off Beijing's bad list -
@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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@monkbent@marcoarment I was a Chinese major. Learning it is hard, retaining it without speaking/reading daily is almost impossible.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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