#wordsdomeanthings — Public Fediverse posts

@fediboard_mix
c̶l̶o̶s̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶ *surrender to #Beijing. 🤔
#China 🇨🇳
#中國
#投降
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@focus_taiwan_en
If you call the #language "#Tâi_gí" in the headline, why use the inaccurate "Hokkien" in the body of the article? (How do you say "truck" in each of those separate languages?")
#thoo_lá_khuh
#khah_tshia
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m̶a̶i̶n̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ *(just plain) Chinese 🇨🇳
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m̶a̶i̶n̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ *(just plain) Chinese 🇨🇳
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@taipei_times
If you say "(commonly known as Taiwanese)" in the body, say #Taiwanese in the headline! 😡
#WordsDoMeanThings
#HokloMyAss!

@newbloommag @brian_hioe
K̶M̶T̶ ̶l̶e̶g̶i̶s̶l̶a̶t̶o̶r̶
*CCP worker…
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@taipei_times
"#KMT lawmaker" isn't a specific enough description of this heathen.
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RE: https://pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/116916892030047402

Whaddaya mean "was"?
#OneDoesNotSimplyQuitATriad 🤔
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@focus_taiwan_en
What if everyone were to refer to it henceforth as the Southeast Asia Sea?
http://www.change.org/petitions/change-the-name-south-china-sea-to-southeast-asia-sea
#WordsDoMeanThings

@focus_taiwan_en
"Without vital signs"? Is that how you say "dead" now? 🤦🏽‍♂️
#CouldTheyBeRevived? 🤔
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Dear @taipei_times editors,

"China, which *groundlessly* claims #Taiwan 🇳🇫…"

Love,
Tim
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@analytics
By using the phrase "toward #China 🇨🇳," you misleadingly make it sound like #Taiwan 🇳🇫 is the aggressor. Taiwan fired the rockets at targets 9 km offshore, but China's nearest point is 160 km away from #Taichung. 😡
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/06/11/2003858905
https://www.britannica.com/place/Taiwan
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Yo, @taipei_times , you need to put that 💩 in quotes! 🤦🏽‍♂️
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#disinformation

RE: https://pbs.idv.tw/@focus_taiwan_en/116668143713078632

v̶i̶s̶i̶t̶ * #propaganda tour
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@focus_taiwan_en
Did you say "not non-transmissible"? 🤦🏽‍♂️
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#double_negative :no:

@taipei_times
📢 Dear #Taipei_Times editors,

😱 #William_Lai (#賴清德 #DPP) is the #president, not just a generic unelected "#leader."

💔 Love,
🐕 Tim
#總統
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@davidonformosa
Similarly, all sorts of people should stop calling the #country "the #island." 🤔
#WordsDoMeanThings

@davidonformosa
Similarly, all sorts of people should stop calling the #country "the #island." 🤔
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@Jazone
#Taiwan 🇳🇫 is not now nor has it ever been part of the #PRC 🇨🇳, so it canNOT "declare #independence *from* #China 🇨🇳." 🤔
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I'm not calling them "fake media," but they're absolutely wrong about this… #CNN doesn't know shit about #Taiwan 🇳🇫. The #US' 🇺🇸 so-called "one #China 🇨🇳 policy" does NOT "recognize" that Taiwan belongs to the #PRC. It only *acknowledges* that China holds this position. I thought CNN knew better… 🤦🏽‍♂️
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=China+Taiwan+acknowledge+recognize
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#GetItRightCNN!

@PwNeilo
Lai's trip to #Eswatini 🇸🇿 wasn't "canceled" — it was merely *postponed. 🤔
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@PwNeilo
Lai's trip to #Eswatini 🇸🇿 wasn't "canceled" — it was merely *postponed. 🤔
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RE: https://pbs.idv.tw/@focus_taiwan_en/116528001995787572

* #CTi #spy
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@africa
Call him #president. He is an *elected* leader worthy of more than that simple title.
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RE: https://pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/116520138302877763

* #KMT / #TPP legislators block…
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#擋擋黨

RE: https://pbs.idv.tw/@focus_taiwan_en/116520687746431140

Normalize accurate media coverage of #state_visits by #Taiwan 🇳🇫. 🤔
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@kensbookinfo
#Taiwan 🇳🇫 *president
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@georgetakei
The correct term is "#conspiracy_theory," but don't call it that either 'cuz "#TheBoyWhoCriedWolf" is crying wolf for the thousandth time. 🤔
#WordsDoMeanThings
#FoolMeOnce…

@georgetakei
The correct term is "#conspiracy_theory," but don't call it that either 'cuz "#TheBoyWhoCriedWolf" is crying wolf for the thousandth time. 🤔
#WordsDoMeanThings
#FoolMeOnce…

@focus_taiwan_en
Don't say "#Taiwan 🇳🇫 island." (That's what #Chinese 🇨🇳 want you to say.) Say "one of Taiwan's outlying islands."
#WordsDoMeanThings

@taipei_times
34°C is *hot*, not "warm.
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@focus_taiwan_en
Is there an editor in the house? Look at the first two words of your headline. Read them aloud if you have to. 🤦🏽‍♂️
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@franciswashere
No need for the qualifier "effectively."
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@franciswashere
No need for the qualifier "effectively."
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@focus_taiwan_en
Pro tip: NEVER put the word #Taiwan 🇳🇫 directly after the word #China's 🇨🇳! 😡
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📢 Dear #media in #Taiwan 🇳🇫,

😱 Don't say "New Taipei mayor (etc.)." Say "Mayor (etc.) of New Taipei." It's much less ambiguous.

💔 Love,
🐕 Tim
#WordsDoMeanThings

@cxiao
Please don't echo the #KMT's #terminology. 🤦🏽‍♂️
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@LoneLocust
It's taken many years, but I've gotten my wife to use the word "#Mandarin" (#華語) in place of "#Chinese" (#中文) and to stop saying "#mainland" (#大陸)… most of the time. Teach by example. 😄
#WordsDoMeanThings

@LoneLocust
I have one of those names, but I call it my "#Mandarin_name" because we don't speak "#Chinese" 🇨🇳 (ex.: 出租車，西紅柿，視頻，菠蘿，三文魚，早上好，勺子，鼠標, etc.) in #Taiwan 🇳🇫. 😄
#華文名字.
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When somebody pointed out to me 19 years ago that I should say "#228_Massacre" instead of "#228_Incident (#二二八事件)," I immediately changed. I stopped calling it an "incident" evermore on March 5, 2007 after getting this message.
#Taiwan 🇳🇫
#台灣
#二二八大屠殺
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"Incident" (事件)? Satirist #Tom_Tomorrow gives a perfect example of when you •shouldn't• use that word.
http://thismodernworld.com/archives/7617
#massacre
#228_Massacre
#二二八大屠殺
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@georgetakei
When #Trump says states "can't handle" elections, he means "can't rig them in his favor."
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@chasewnelson
@CNN was saying "captured" at first; then they started using the milder "arrested." "Kidnapped" is a more accurate description. 🤔
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@drahardja
Fuck @guardian for repeating #China's 🇨🇳 false boilerplate! 🖕🏽
#WordsDoMeanThings

@Lydie
📢 Dear @guardian ,

😱 You can't "reunify" things which were never together. 🤔

💔 Love,
🐕 Tim
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@i47i
Please don't repeat the mainstream media's inaccurate boilerplate.
t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶m̶o̶c̶r̶a̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶i̶s̶l̶a̶n̶d̶
the *independent democratic *country
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@taipei_times
Change the name of the goddam airline! 😡
#Taiwan 🇳🇫
#台灣
#Taiwan_Airlines
#台灣航空
#WordsDoMeanThings

@focus_taiwan_en
If "#Hokkien" is "commonly known as #Taiwanese," why don't you just call it that?
#福佬語
#Tâigí
#台語
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@winsdominoes
Whereas "simplified hanzi" are actually simplified from another form, those words aren't made "more complicated" than a traditional form, so "正體" is a better description.
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb=%E6%AD%A3%E9%AB%94
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@winsdominoes
Glad you used the word #Mandarin instead of #Chinese 🇨🇳. 👏🏽
#華語
#中國話
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@winsdominoes
*Lunar New Year
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@ProfundumPhoto
What if everyone were to refer to it henceforth as the #Southeast_Asia_Sea?
http://www.change.org/petitions/change-the-name-south-china-sea-to-southeast-asia-sea
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🇳🇫 #TAIWAN (#台灣): ❝People #protest #Israel’s 🇮🇱 [#genocide of #Palestinians 🇵🇸 in #Gaza] at a #demonstration named “I Refuse to be Complicit in Genocide” at #Liberty_Square in #Taipei yesterday.❞
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/03/25/2003815447
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#台北
#自由廣場

@CNN 's #Fareed_Zakaria is calling #Taiwan 🇳🇫 a "small island." 🤦🏽‍♂️

"Small island"? No, not quite! Taiwan is the world's 38th largest. Even the "big island" of #Hawaii is only #76.
http://bongo-www.thefullwiki.org/List_of_islands_by_size
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area

The supposedly "small" island nation of Taiwan has an area of 35,960km², while the "Big Island" of Hawaii is 10,432 km².
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@lolgop
Goddam @nytimes also calls *anti-choice protesters "anti-abortion." 🤦🏽‍♂️ *Everybody* is anti-abortion — even the pro-choice crowd. 🤔
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@HistoPol
Always remember: For #China 🇨🇳, "being provoked" is a policy choice, not a visceral reaction
http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/2009/09/dalai-lamaze-breathe-deeply-and-relax.html
http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/2007/05/presidential-video-conference-beijing.html
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When #The_Economist is talking about #Taiwan 🇳🇫 & they say "the island," what they really mean is "the country." 😖

@MichaelTurton says: It is irrelevant "what China maintains" since that is false. Actually, the fact that China's claims are false is more relevant than the claims themselves…
http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/2010/09/economist-completely-blows-it.html

@globalvoices
i̶s̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ *(multi-island) country
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@jackofalltrades

The @guardian couldn't help themselves — just *had to* fall back on that lazy/propagandistic "anger #Beijing" #bullshit. 💩
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#Taiwan 🇳🇫
#China 🇨🇳

@JSharp1436
It wasn't a question.

"Does that help?" No. You're simply repeating #China's 🇨🇳 #terminology. #Taiwan 🇳🇫 can't be #independent "from China" because it was never part of the #PRC.
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Ever notice how #Israelis 🇮🇱 (and others: 🇹🇭 🇵🇭) are "hostages" but #Palestinians 🇵🇸 are "prisoners"?
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❝#Hamas frees 24 #hostages in exchange for 39 Palestinian #prisoners as part of #cease_fire swap❞
https://www.cp24.com/world/hamas-frees-24-hostages-in-exchange-for-39-palestinian-prisoners-as-part-of-cease-fire-swap-1.6658875
#Israel
#Palestine
#Gaza