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Re: 發蛋 ~ beat eggs

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Personally, I am for re-educate the general public by using the correct character if this character has no official modern substitute for it,
The verb  faak3 is unique and frequently used thanks to people's love of cooking with eggs, 

even most people have never heard of them- once an archaic character is being used by enough people, it will be accepted as a standard character.

However, there's no chance of do away popular 白字 like 「那西」,「嘆世界」as long as the general public know what those terms with 白字 actually mean. And people who take language seriously know the difference, 'correct but  archaic characters' and 'incorrect but accepted characters'  will co-exist either we want it or not. 

in the case of 'faak3 蛋' I am not going to try correcting people from use "發" ; also, I am not going to tell people  "馬+圭+石" (I can't input it) is too difficult and should not be used despite the fact that it is actually the original character.

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