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Haagse Letters@haagseletters@typo.social
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XI’AN / Xian / Xi’an. Curious about what is going on with the name. Good food.

Restaurant signage with 3 alternative  spellings of the name.
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abadidea@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
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@haagseletters the apostrophe is to disambiguate that it’s not Xia-n. Not strictly necessary, as there are no hanzi transcribed simply “n”, but few hanzi begin with a vowel so the vowel-to-vowel transition point is confusing

Jul 5, 2026, 05:45 UTCen
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