Editing Meyer–Wempe (section)

==Provenance==
Although some <ref>{{cite book|date=1991|title=English-Cantonese Dictionary, Cantonese in Yale Romanization|location=Hong Kong|publisher=New-Asia-Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center, Chinese University of Hong Kong|page=8|isbn=9627141186}}</ref> attribute development of the system to them, there was nothing new in it<ref name="Dictionary" />{{rp|Explanatory Notes}} as their entire schema followed the system devised in the last decade of the 19th century known as [[Standard Romanization (Cantonese)|Standard Romanization]] (SR), which, in turn, was almost identical to John Chalmers' system of 1870.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kataoka|first=Shin|last2=Lee|first2=Cream|date=2008|journal=Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics|title=A System without a System: Cantonese Romanization Used in Hong Kong Place and Personal Names|page=82}}</ref> Chalmers' system was significant in that it was the first system to virtually do away with diacritics entirely, the sole survivor being his final ö, which is eu in the Standard Romanization while being in this one oeh.