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Posted on: The Hunan Accent
On October 20 at 12:21 PM by bababardwan

Wow..super useful lesson and well done. At the risk of having "let's have a series" start to sound like my catchcry, I think it would be extremely han... Read more

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Posted on: The Hunan Accent
On October 20 at 12:10 PM by kenbot

+1 xiayeshi... I've practised my scant Mandarin with people from all over the mainland, Taiwan, and SE Asia.  I find when trying to understand... Read more

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Posted on: The Hunan Accent
On October 20 at 11:54 AM by ruishi_zhizao

Come to think of it, my boss, from Hunan too, always says fu4xiang1bang1zhu4 互相幫助 :-P Read more

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Posted on: The Hunan Accent
On October 20 at 10:54 AM by jen_not_jenny

I've heard some Hunanese mix up /f/ and /h/ as well. You can hear it a little bit in the dialogue, the second time the lovely voice actress from Hunan... Read more

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On October 20 at 10:43 AM by RCK

I don't see what the problem is with kids hearing it, it is how they were made. Also you could just ask them to please close the window...maybe askin... Read more

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Posted on: The Hunan Accent
On October 20 at 10:36 AM by ruishi_zhizao

I think the older generation has some problems with it, since they mostly speak Taiwanese. I've often heard ma2huan2 麻煩 or xing4hu2 幸福 for instance. Read more

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Posted on: The Hunan Accent
On October 20 at 10:25 AM by jimijames

毛主席 máozhǔxí Chairman Mao came from Hunan. Read more

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On October 20 at 9:45 AM by zhenlijiang

Hi Bodawei, what do you mean by a "genuine chengyu"? Read more

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Posted on: Karaoke
On October 20 at 9:33 AM by hebertinchina

So I watched this on Chinesepod right before I went to KTV thinking, "Ok, I can see my Chinese friends liking this song. It's got a nice sounds to it... Read more

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Posted on: Pricey Beer
On October 20 at 9:18 AM by zhenlijiang

OK. Thanks for addressing this John. Read more