Taiwan's Second Apple Retail Store Opening Soon in Xinyi District of Taipei

[Mr. Chewbacca]

I really wish those stores had been there when I lived there. I broke my 17" mbp screen and had to buy a keyboard in chinese to be able to use it with a dock. I suck at typing so I had to order stickers to switch it to engilsh. Still have it though.

 

[nathan_reilly]

As a Taiwanese American guy, I definitely know that my biological mother speaks Taiwanese and Mandarin separately. Mandarin is used mostly by the Taiwanese folks who are derived from the Chinese invaders whereas Taiwanese is used by the native Taiwanese people who were not part of the descendants from the Nationalist Army.

It's fascinating to see how outsiders attempt to interpret a situation which requires a firm understanding of a 20th century Taiwanese history/political situation, then fabricate or surmise some type of scenario without the prerequisite research.

Yo, you're kinda rude. I didn't fabricate or surmise anything, just had a few conversations with some people about it and thats that. And I said it was anecdotal, calm down.

 

[sakurarain]

MR is now a good place to learn more than just Apple.

 

[ulyssesric]

No such language as 台語？ What have I been speaking my whole life? haha.

The English term for 台語 is not “Taiwanese” but “Taiwanese Hokkien”. It’s specifically refer to the spoken language, much like the definition of “Mandarin”.