The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[rikforto]

Jorge, I have read my most recent post again, and I believe it says what I mean it to. I encourage you to do the same, bearing in mind that I am not claiming the pseudo-Latin and pseudo-Italian are attested ways of writing French, and that I understand that they are not true Latin and true Italian.

Understanding that constructed example is key to understanding why I don't presume this:

Most of the syllables that he uttered, even though they were literal readings of the hanzi, would be common syllables of the local language, and the Author presumably understood most of them. 

Bear in mind when thinking about this that the third French sentence above uses only words from the Italian vernacular, and is therefore basically the Italian vernacular and a Chinese traveler who speaks Italian should have no trouble with it, let alone all the Europeans who rushed to correct me