Talk:Pinyin input method: Difference between revisions

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:The fuzzy input is set as ''hu'' to ''f''. This means that when you type the '''F''' key on the keyboard which normally would allow only characters that has the initial ''f-'', instead if the ''fuzzy inupt option'' is enabled, characters that starts with ''hu-'' would also be displayed along with characters with initials ''f-''. It does not display all the characters with the initial ''h-'', rather only those that begins with ''hu-''. For example, toggle on fuzzy input and type '''''hu'''aguo'' the program will automatically choose 法国('''''f'''aguo'') instead of 滑过(''huaguo''). The sound ''erf'' doesn't exist in Mandarin Chinese. Typing ''Funan'' would not result in ''Hunan'' with the default fuzzy input settings. --[[User:71.166.156.73|71.166.156.73]] 05:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks for your reply. It appears what you are describing is the default fuzzy input setting of a particular pinyin input programme. However the quoted sentence is talking about Mandarin phonology without reference to any specific pinyin input programme, whether using default settings or not. The fact is that people do say ''Funan'' (or ''fulan'') isteadinstead of ''hunan'' or ''erfu'' instead of ''[[erhu]]'', as well as ''f-'' instead of ''hu-'' (I was wrong about hu- not changing into f-). I have changed it to: "For some speakers of Mandarin who merge the sounds represented by ''c'' and ''ch'', ''s'' and ''sh'', ''z'' and ''zh'', ''n'' and ''ng'', '''''h'' or ''hu'' and ''f''''', or ''n'' and ''l'', pinyin-based input methods can be difficult to use." [[User:LDHan|LDHan]] 09:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)