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Excerpt from Idiomatic Dialogues in the Peking Colloquial: For the Use of Students
I have rejected the use of ii in such words as a and m Nothing could be more calculated to mislead. The mere fact that Sir Thomas Wade's own excellent work is almost invariably referred to by persons imperfectly acquainted with Chinese as the Tsoo Erh Chi is, I submit, sufficient proof that tzt! Is not a happy version of the first character. The sounds in question have no vowel, as we understand that term. The consonant is prolonged; or rather, followed by an inarticulate emanation of the voice which is not capable of being represented by any letter of our alphabet. I recommend the spelling tsz and oz, for want of better. The final n is often elided when the word is followed by E. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
