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1. Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 07:24:17 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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   • valhalla
   • Kermode

   @valhalla Yes! That's exactly what I implied. 😊

   @gemlog

   • valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 07:24:18 UTC valhalla

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     • Kermode
     @clacke @gemlog out of curiosity and ignorance: the “alienate / inaccessible” difference means that most Taiwanese and Hongkongers can also read simplified characters?
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 07:24:19 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     • Kermode

     > Why does it look like there are two Chinese versions

     @gemlog It's exactly what you'd expect: The same Chinese, just written with traditional characters or simplified characters.

     They don't want to alienate Taiwanese and Hongkongers, but they also don't want to be inaccessible to Mainlanders and Singaporeans.