Comments by "Hiyuke La Vie" (@hiyukelavie2396) on "HomePod mini: Can Apple's smart speaker handle Chinese accents and dialects?" video.

  1. It's Hokkien. Not sure about "Fuzhounese"
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  2.  @FOCJCLIN  Why call is Fuzhounese when it's called Foochow or Hockchew?
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  3.  @FOCJCLIN  Yes, either is acceptable But Fuzhounese?
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  4.  @anm2x  "Some people prefer to use the term Fuzhounese" Who? And why?
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  5. "Fuzhounese"? That's the first time I encountered that demonym Is it in wide usage? If it isn't, stop it with the -ese suffix
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  6.  @qxcheng  If you notice, they first referred to it as Hokkien, but then "Fuzhounese" the second time Is "Fuzhounese" even a word? Like I said, that's the first time I've encountered that demonym The correct term is Hokkien; not sure why they switched to "Fuzhounese" halfway
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  7.  @freakmoister  Why call it Fuzhounese when it's called Foochow?
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  8.  @freakmoister  The point is, Foochow and Hockchew are both already in use Why use the -ese suffix and call it Fuzhounese
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  9.  @freakmoister  One, it's quite acceptable to use Foochow to refer to the people or the language Two, even if you have to use a demonym, why Fuzhounese? Why the -ese suffix?
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  10.  @freakmoister  What do you mean convention in Asian languages
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  11.  @freakmoister  How is that a convention? Korea. Mongolia. Arabia. Iran. Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan India. Nepal. Pakistan. The Philippines. Singapore. Malaysia I can go on None of those countries use the "-ese" demonym
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  12.  @freakmoister   You keep calling it a convention, for some reason You named two that follow the "convention", I named 12 that do not Again, what convention?
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  13.  @freakmoister   So you've pivoted from "convention" to "common" It still does not answer the original question Why use the "-ese" suffix, when so many other options are available Perhaps you are unaware, but the "-ese" demonym sometimes come with negative connotations It's the reason why countries like India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, and The Philippines, countries where English is widely spoken, consciously avoid using the "-ese" suffix for themselves That's why it's Pakistani, Philipinos, and Singaporean, and not Pakistanese, Philipinese, or Singaporese And I'm sorry, but you sound like the one who's getting all worked up here
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