financial compensation

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the poem is constructed to be confusing on purpose, and that's not how actual chinese is spoken or written at all

it reminds me of how people write "fish" as "ghoti" to showcase the horror of english phonics

In modern standard mandarin

石室詩士施氏 or Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì

would be

有一位住在石室里的诗人叫施氏 or Yǒu yíwèi zhù zài shíshì lǐ de shīrén jiào Shīshì

Tones are one of the reasons why Chinese isn't a goof IAL. This form of obsession with a language (wanting it to be an IAL) is kinda concerning.

Natural language is natural language and there's no point in arguing about it

 

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Tones are one of the reasons why Chinese isn't a goof IAL. This form of obsession with a language (wanting it to be an IAL) is kinda concerning.

Natural language is natural language and there's no point in arguing about it

I never said I wanted it to be the new international language, maybe you are reading words that aren't there?

English has slowly become more analytical over time and I expect it to continue - after all, it was once nearly the monstrosity that is german