Victor Mair, professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania, said character amnesia is part of a “natural process of evolution”.

维克多-梅尔是美国宾夕法尼亚大学汉语言文化教授，他说，文字健忘症是一种自然的进化过程。

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Chinese boffins say that character amnesia happens because most Chinese people use electronic input systems based on Pinyin, which translates Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet.

中国的学者指出，“提笔忘字”的情况会发生是因为大部分中国人使用的电子设备输入法都是拼音输入法，所有汉字都通过字母来输入。

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