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Offline Thyatira

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The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« on: July 14, 2007, 02:02:56 AM »
In the interests of linguistics, and since this is "Information", I thought it would be good to try to settle this here... :D
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2007, 02:43:49 AM »
It's not really my place to say, but I like Taiji better than either of them.  It's a little more natural-sounding.
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Offline Khablan

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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2007, 02:53:22 AM »
Prag has proclaimed the correct spelling to be Taijituan, and as Prag has been here since the dawn of time and tends to be right on that sort of thing, I've sort of adopted it as the 'right' one.  Personally, I like Taiji because it's a little friendlier and nice-sounding.  Okay, okay, and it's shorter to type.  Shoot me, I'm a little lazy that way.
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2007, 05:00:55 AM »
I've been here since the begining as well and have always favoured taijitan. however taiji sounds lovely as well.
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2007, 05:28:13 PM »
I was not aware of Taiji.
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2007, 05:37:42 PM »
In our IRC room, unidentified people are dubbed "A Taiji" by default.
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2007, 06:08:46 PM »
Well, I've since changed my opinion that both are acceptable adjectives. Research indicates that on the forum Taijituan and Taijitan occur at a 2:1 ratio to each other. Taiji also exists as a slangy term for a Taijitan person.
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2007, 03:51:49 AM »
Taijituan. It sort of counters the flowing orientalism of this region, which I dislike. Why couldn't we be called "Georgetown" or "Williamsburg" or some other Georgian name?
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2007, 05:15:09 AM »
There is not 'Both are correct' option!

I still think Both should be correct, what do you care if it's Taijitan or Taijituan, it's the same! or Taiji...
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2007, 07:16:00 AM »
I didn't vote, because it honestly doesn't matter to me.  I'm from a hometown that -never- gets spelled correctly by anyone living outside it.  So, eh.   ;)
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2007, 07:31:44 AM »
Well I'm new here but from "polish language view" both forms are correct and are ok (for me and least). Where do you live? In Taijitan. And whats that ? Taijituan ship.
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2007, 08:15:56 AM »
if that's a joke it's a good one
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2007, 12:42:57 PM »
Quote from: Delfos on July 15, 2007, 05:15:09 AM
There is not 'Both are correct' option!

I still think Both should be correct, what do you care if it's Taijitan or Taijituan, it's the same! or Taiji...

But, if both are correct, how can we have big honking arguments over it?  ;)
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2007, 03:29:01 PM »
I was of the opinion that Taijituan describes something of or from Taijitu. Taijitan, not so much. For anything else, I just say Taijitu. Meh, laziness.
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Re: The Debate Rages! Taijitan or Taijituan?
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2007, 06:37:53 PM »
Taijituan.
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