Although the Wade-Giles system, which has been widely used in Taiwan for many years, has taken a thorough beating in the current debate, it remains the preferred choice for Tsverianishvili, who says, "I think Wade-Giles works very well, and it's already used now for the names of places, people, and organizations in Taiwan. Why don't they just stick with it?"
黎亞力並為在台灣使用多年，卻在此次爭議中被打入冷宮的威翟式講話，「我覺得威翟式滿好用的，台灣地名、人名、機構名都是用這個，為什麼不保存下來？」