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[-] Capsicones@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago

Chinese phonology doesn't allow for the pronunciation of "app", for example. I see a lot of Chinese people spelling it as "APP", and pronouncing it accordingly. It's kinda funny to me, since the Mandarin word "yingyong" is only two syllables. "APP" just seems more cumbersome by all account, yet it has become inexplicably popular.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Yingyong sounds cool. It's got yoyo vibes

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

It literally means "to apply", funnily.
But of course the majority of Chinese people are not English speakers, so they see "app" but can't know it's the same meaning.