27 Tomorrow Never Dies
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This article is from the James Bond FAQ, by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others.
27 Tomorrow Never Dies
There is a large misconception regarding Bond's failure to read the Chinese
keyboard when intending to send a message. The movie "You Only Live Twice"
had claimed (departing entirely from Fleming's character) that Bond had
taken a first in Oriental languages at Cambridge. However, that does not
mean he is fluent in written Chinese. It is never specified whether it was
Chinese in the first place, and whether it was merely the spoken dialect he
had mastered as opposed to the written language.
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