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  1. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @taipei_times
    "#KMT lawmaker" isn't a specific enough description of this heathen.
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings
  2. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/11691

    Whaddaya mean "was"?
    #OneDoesNotSimplyQuitATriad 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #onedoesnotsimplyquitatriad #wordsdomeanthings
  3. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @focus_taiwan_en
    What if everyone were to refer to it henceforth as the Southeast Asia Sea?
    change.org/petitions/change-th
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings
  4. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

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

    #couldtheyberevived #wordsdomeanthings
  5. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    Dear @taipei_times editors,

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

    Love,
    Tim
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taiwan #wordsdomeanthings
  6. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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. 😡
    taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar
    britannica.com/place/Taiwan
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #china #taiwan #taichung #wordsdomeanthings
  7. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    Yo, @taipei_times , you need to put that 💩 in quotes! 🤦🏽‍♂️
    #WordsDoMeanThings
    #disinformation

    #wordsdomeanthings #disinformation
  8. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@focus_taiwan_en/11

    v̶i̶s̶i̶t̶ * #propaganda tour
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #propaganda #wordsdomeanthings
  9. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @focus_taiwan_en
    Did you say "not non-transmissible"? 🤦🏽‍♂️
    #WordsDoMeanThings
    #double_negative :no:

    #wordsdomeanthings #double_negative
  10. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @TimMaddog ·

    @taipei_times
    📢 Dear editors,

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

    💔 Love,
    🐕 Tim

    #taipei_times #william_lai #賴清德 #dpp #president #leader
  11. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taipei_times #william_lai #賴清德 #dpp #president #leader
  12. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taipei_times #william_lai #賴清德 #dpp #president #leader
  13. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings #總統 #leader #president #dpp #賴清德
  14. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @davidonformosa
    Similarly, all sorts of people should stop calling the #country "the #island." 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #country #island #wordsdomeanthings
  15. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @davidonformosa
    Similarly, all sorts of people should stop calling the #country "the #island." 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #country #island #wordsdomeanthings
  16. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @Jazone
    #Taiwan 🇳🇫 is not now nor has it ever been part of the #PRC 🇨🇳, so it canNOT "declare #independence *from* #China 🇨🇳." 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taiwan #prc #independence #china #wordsdomeanthings
  17. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    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… 🤦🏽‍♂️
    google.com/search?client=firef
    #WordsDoMeanThings
    #GetItRightCNN!

    #cnn #taiwan #us #china #prc #wordsdomeanthings
  18. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @PwNeilo
    Lai's trip to #Eswatini 🇸🇿 wasn't "canceled" — it was merely *postponed. 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #eswatini #wordsdomeanthings
  19. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @PwNeilo
    Lai's trip to #Eswatini 🇸🇿 wasn't "canceled" — it was merely *postponed. 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #eswatini #wordsdomeanthings
  20. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@focus_taiwan_en/11

    * #CTi #spy
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #cti #spy #wordsdomeanthings
  21. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @africa
    Call him #president. He is an *elected* leader worthy of more than that simple title.
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #president #wordsdomeanthings
  22. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/11652

    * #KMT / #TPP legislators block…
    #WordsDoMeanThings
    #擋擋黨

    #kmt #tpp #wordsdomeanthings #擋擋黨
  23. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @TimMaddog ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/11652

    * / legislators block…

    #kmt #tpp #wordsdomeanthings #擋擋黨
  24. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/11652

    * #KMT / #TPP legislators block…
    #WordsDoMeanThings
    #擋擋黨

    #kmt #tpp #wordsdomeanthings #擋擋黨
  25. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/11652

    * #KMT / #TPP legislators block…
    #WordsDoMeanThings
    #擋擋黨

    #擋擋黨 #wordsdomeanthings #tpp #kmt
  26. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    RE: pbs.idv.tw/@focus_taiwan_en/11

    Normalize accurate media coverage of #state_visits by #Taiwan 🇳🇫. 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #state_visits #taiwan #wordsdomeanthings
  27. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @kensbookinfo
    #Taiwan 🇳🇫 *president
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taiwan #wordsdomeanthings
  28. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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…

    #conspiracy_theory #theboywhocriedwolf #wordsdomeanthings #foolmeonce
  29. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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…

    #conspiracy_theory #theboywhocriedwolf #wordsdomeanthings #foolmeonce
  30. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

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

    #taiwan #chinese #wordsdomeanthings
  31. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @taipei_times
    34°C is *hot*, not "warm.
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings
  32. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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. 🤦🏽‍♂️
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings
  33. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @franciswashere
    No need for the qualifier "effectively."
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings
  34. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @franciswashere
    No need for the qualifier "effectively."
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings
  35. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @focus_taiwan_en
    Pro tip: NEVER put the word #Taiwan 🇳🇫 directly after the word #China's 🇨🇳! 😡
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taiwan #china #wordsdomeanthings
  36. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @focus_taiwan_en
    Pro tip: Never put the word #Taiwan 🇳🇫 directly after the word #China's 🇨🇳. 😡
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taiwan #china #wordsdomeanthings
  37. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    Yo, @taipei_times editors! Bad translation! 「中國台灣」 should be translated as (the fictitious) "#Taiwan 🇳🇫 region of #China 🇨🇳."
    taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #taiwan #china #wordsdomeanthings
  38. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @taipei_times
    "So-called." You forgot to say "so-called."
    #WordsDoMeanThings
    #ScareQuotesAreNotEnough

    #wordsdomeanthings #scarequotesarenotenough
  39. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @focus_taiwan_en
    Don't say "New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih" — say "Mayor of New Taipei, Hou Yu-ih" because it's much less ambiguous. 🤔
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #wordsdomeanthings
  40. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @taipei_times
    "#REunification"?! WTF?! 😱
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #reunification #wordsdomeanthings
  41. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    📢 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

    #media #taiwan #wordsdomeanthings
  42. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @cxiao
    Please don't echo the #KMT's #terminology. 🤦🏽‍♂️
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #kmt #terminology #wordsdomeanthings
  43. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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

    #mandarin #chinese #mainland #華語 #中文 #大陸
  44. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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

    #mandarin #chinese #mainland #華語 #中文 #大陸
  45. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @TimMaddog ·

    @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. 😄

    #mandarin #chinese #mainland #華語 #中文 #大陸
  46. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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

    #mandarin #chinese #mainland #華語 #中文 #大陸
  47. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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

    #wordsdomeanthings #大陸 #中文 #華語 #mainland #chinese
  48. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    @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.
    #WordsDoMeanThings

    #mandarin_name #chinese #taiwan #華文名字 #wordsdomeanthings
  49. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @[email protected] ·

    I used to call the #228_Massacre the "#228_Incident" and used to call #Lunar_New_Year "#Chinese_New_Year," but now I know better.

    我之前把228的狀況稱為「#事件」。現在知道應該把它稱為「#大屠殺」，不再說「事件」。
    #WordsDoMeanThings = 「字眼真的有其意義」以及「字眼會做壞事。」
    #Taiwan 🇳🇫
    #台灣
    #二二八大屠殺

    #228_massacre #228_incident #lunar_new_year #chinese_new_year #事件 #大屠殺
  50. Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @TimMaddog ·

    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.
    🇳🇫


    #228_massacre #228_incident #二二八事件 #taiwan #台灣 #二二八大屠殺