Oops...Comparing Apples to Oranges is NOT logical, is it?

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I missed the fact that you had included the Yale system in your

list. At least Yale, like Pinyin, seeks to transliterate Mandarin

into English. Wade and Giles were Portugese missionaries, so their

transliterations were into Hungarian...I mean, I mean Portugese.

 

I'll sit down and shut my fool mouth now.

 

Ron

 

 

healingenergies-

essentialskills , " docspeed2001 " <docspeed2001>

wrote:

> healingenergies-

essentialskills , " marangneng "

> <marangneng> wrote:

> > So, by your reasoning, is acupuncture no good unless the needles

are

> > used for combat? After all, acupuncture and Qigong (I prefer the

> > Pinyin transliteration) are about manipulating Qi, are they not?

> > Ron

>

> Hahahaha!

>

> Sorry Ron, you switching topics and comparing apples to oranges is

NOT

> a valid argument, nor is it worth answering.

>

> Try a different approach with me;-)...

>

> ...and please notice that I said, " different strokes for different

> folks, which is okay by me " ...

>

> ...I don't care if some people would rather do " sissy fu " ...

>

> That's their choice.

>

> The thing is, doing COMBAT CHI KUNG you get immediate verifiable

> feedback " if " your technology works or is hocus pocus...

>

> ...and I gotta say it, much of " sissy fu " is hocus pocus.

>

> As far as the transliteration of the Chinese words for Chi kung,

> Pinyin is now the standard in the People's Republic of China...but

it

> did not use to be.

>

> Two other very widely known systems are the Wade-Giles system and

the

> Yale system.

>

> So common spellings are...

>

> 1. Qi - Chi

> 2. Qigong - Chi Kung

> 3. Qin Na - Chin Na

> 4. Jin - Jing

> 5. Gongfu - Kung fu

> 6. Taijiquan - Tai Chi Chuan

>

> You will notice that the SECOND spelling is mostly known AND used

in

> the Western world, at least until about 10 years ago...

>

> ...and my martial arts history of training goes back to 1950, and

I

> see NO reason for me to change the spelling since the spellings I

> learned during the past 55 years is STILL VALID.

>

> Sincerely,

>