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Austin Tindle's avatar

I think it’s cool we get to see edits along the way. I personally didn’t expect that Oblivion would be done done as published here, so I don’t think the apologies are warranted -- it’s all part of the new publishing medium!

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Nicholas Poulios's avatar

Interesting changes - they are needed.

I am studying Mandarin and apart from vocabulary ( learning about 6000 words in pin yin let alone the reading and pronouncing the characters and the 31 strokes used in writing) What I found very useful is to study the culture/ and events. Language (story) and culture go hand in hand. It has been fun and it takes time to learn the culture to boost your appreciation and understanding - you can not rush this process. Reading alone I have found does not do the job. You have to immerse yourself in the culture for Asian sensibilities. I love the mandarin language it is awesome being bilingual, I thought of studying an Asian language for a change and amazed personally that I have got this far. Life long learning ! No short cuts.

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