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minus-squareZDL@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’m approximately 99.44% positive that at no point would “Liu” be pronounced as “Lu” in any dialect of Chinese. Seeing as they already have the perfectly cromulent “Lu” available for that sound. Romanizations are by definition sound-based, unlike characters.
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNot what I was trying to say, but I can understand how you thought that - sorry. I was speaking in a more general sense.
I’m approximately 99.44% positive that at no point would “Liu” be pronounced as “Lu” in any dialect of Chinese.
Seeing as they already have the perfectly cromulent “Lu” available for that sound.
Romanizations are by definition sound-based, unlike characters.
Not what I was trying to say, but I can understand how you thought that - sorry. I was speaking in a more general sense.