[KS] Revised Romanization Detailed Guidelines?

[McCann, David]

One thing to conclude, it could all only go downhill from the perfect phonetic alphabet.  I imagine the King enjoying this series of reflections on his tombscreen.

D. McCann


On Dec 9, 2016, at 9:14 PM, Frank Hoffmann <hoffmann at koreanstudies.com> wrote:

> 
>> Were there any 
>> parallels to the transition from Wade-Giles to pinyin? It seems like 
>> that was a far smoother process. I'm just curious.
> 
> Just this ... before some sinologist steals the show ;)
> 
> (a) Politics, politics, politics: 
> Mainland China accelerated the cash flow by reforming its economic 
> system since in the early 1980s, so this was a political decision that 
> came with economic benefits for everyone (except for the Taiwanese).
> 
> (b) On a technical level: 
> You can match Wade-Giles to Pinyin 1 to 1:
> http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/mulu/wgpy.html
> That's not possible between McC-R and RR (on a 100% accuracy level).
> 
> 
> Best,
> Frank
>