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On March 15 at 9:07 PM by xiao_liang

Follow-up conversation from the girlfriend. Apparently, if they tried really hard, they could maybe understand 20%. But as you say, the majority of th... Read more

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On March 15 at 8:54 PM by go_manly

"The Cantonese speakers I know claim to understand mandarin." Isn't that because all young Cantonese speakers have LEARNED some Mandarin, not becau... Read more

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Posted on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
On March 15 at 8:01 PM by xiao_liang

Hmn. So the use of 变化 (bian4hua4) to talk about a change. All three examples use a modifier before 大 （da1) - 变化很大， 变化真大. Very big, and really big. How... Read more

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On March 15 at 6:05 PM by sydcarten

I'm going to bump this because I think it merits a little more attention than it has received. The sound recording for the English sentences in the... Read more

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On March 15 at 5:21 PM by xiao_liang

In which case, I shall indulge in a little schadenfreude, and wish you luck. *thumbs up* :-) Read more

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On March 15 at 5:03 PM by JasonSch

If only it were that simple! There are many different ways to transcribe the different dialects. The most common are using Chinese characters which co... Read more

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On March 15 at 5:02 PM by xiao_liang

Hehe. Love it. Just because I'm curious, I thought I'd annoy my girlfriend (who speaks both) by ringing her in the middle of her training day. I as... Read more

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Posted on: Stinky Feet
On March 15 at 4:15 PM by bheff34

I'm suprised to see that no one mentioned "Hong Kong Feet".  I believe it is "xiang gang jiao" in pinyin.  Maybe it was written in Chinese a... Read more

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On March 15 at 4:01 PM by daniel70

The Cantonese speakers I know claim to understand mandarin. They're going to be disappointed to find out that they don't. Read more

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Posted on: Asking for a Raise
On March 15 at 3:25 PM by zhong_bide

I have a technical question - refers to all the mp3 files.  The pinyin text embedded in the mp3 files does not have any spaces between words, mak... Read more