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@taipei_times
You call the language #Tâigí 🇳🇫 in the headline, and you say it's "commonly known as #Taiwanese," but then you go and use "#Hoklo" as if it's the best way to say it… 🤦🏽‍♂️
#WordsDoMeanThings

Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 Jan 15

RE: https://pbs.idv.tw/@taipei_times/115897519693923810

📢 Dear #Taipei_Times editors ,

😱 Don't call it #Hoklo when the article says the #language is "commonly known as #Taiwanese," and the name of the app calls it "#台語."

💔 Love,
🐕 Tim
#Tâigí
#WordsDoMeanThings

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Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 Aug 16, 2025

@taipei_times
📢 Dear #Taipei_Times editors,

😱 If that #language is "commonly known as #Taiwanese," why do you always initially identify it as "#Hoklo"? 🤦🏽‍♂️

💔 Love,
🐕 Tim
#語言
 #台語
 #Tâigí
#WordsDoMeanThings

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阜日木 May 30, 2025

#華人 I accidentally stumbled upon this Malaysian Chinese takeaway in #SELondon https://www.rice-hut.com/
I was attracted because they have a poster said "rice parcels available 粽子 " so I am very delighted for this as I haven't had one for over 10 years, and it's the dragon *boat festival on 31 May.
The fun part is I asked for it in English as you don't assume people understand #Mandarin or #Hoklo, then he started telling me the cooking instructions in #Cantonese 😂, all I understood was "steam it"

The Rice Hut | Penge, Greater London | Chinese Food Delivery

The Rice Hut, Chinese Malaysian Takeaway Shop in Penge. Family-run since 2004. Also serves select Thai Dishes. Delivery available. Free Prawn Crackers.

The Rice Hut

Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 Apr 12, 2025

Yo, #Taipei_Times! If, as you say, it's "better known as #Taiwanese," then call it that in your #headline! 😡

🇳🇫 #TAIWAN (#台灣): ❝#Language_activists urge more efforts to #rejuvenate #Hoklo❞
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/04/13/2003835098
#台北時報
 #Tâigí
#台語
 #頭條
 #語言運動家
 #恢復活力
 #福佬語

Language activists urge more efforts to rejuvenate Hoklo

台北時報

阜日木 Oct 21, 2024

Feeling nostalgic and looked up my old time favourite songs in #taigi and reminded myself of this innovative and hugely underrated song, Conscience by Luàn-tán:
亂彈-良心
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceU3hZspURw

The Lyrics can be found here but it is typical that modern #Hanzi cannot quite catch the sound of Taigi so the romanised spelling is a lot better https://taikegui.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/%E4%BA%82%E5%BD%88%E9%98%BF%E7%BF%94-%E8%89%AF%E5%BF%83/

The band name is inspired by the traditional #Hoklo music genre: Pak-kuán (or Bei-guan in Mandarin)
https://1library.net/article/taiwanese-traditional-music-beiguan-and-nanguan.qoo39ljq