Further to my previous post, I completely forgot about the Taiwanese tendency to pronounce Sh like S so the Chinese name 蘇 as in Tarcy Su (蘇慧倫) - Taiwanese pop singer whom I hadn't heard of until just now - would sound the same to foreigners as the 舒 in Shu Chi, the 徐 in Vivian Hsu or the 許 in Evonne Hsu 's name.
Wow.
Martin
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Martin,
ReplyDelete徐 & 許 are indeed a bit confusing, both starting with x, but 舒 is a clear sh in Mandarin Chinese.