I try to keep the structure of my site clear and my links valid, so chances are visitors to pinyin.info haven’t visited an invalid page here. (If you have, please let me know so I can fix it.)

Usually, when a browser encounters an invalid address, a “404” message will be displayed. You’re probably familiar with these; in Internet Explorer they say something like “The page cannot be found. The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable….”

Some webmasters, however, like to play around with these messages, such as the popular spoof that read “These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed.”

Pinyin.info has its own customized 404 page. Perhaps the reference — an homage to my favorite band, Talking Heads — will be too obscure for lots of my visitors, but I hope you like the page anyway.