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Posted on: Her Mom Doesn't Like Me
February 23, 2014 at 5:10 PMCool song! Thanks.
Posted on: 港媒：上海幼儿园鼓励方言被批鼓励歧视
February 18, 2014 at 3:30 AM这就是全球的问题。我听说过人类语言的数量越来越减少。只有一些庞大的语言在涨大，比如说英语、普通话、法语、西班牙语。有可能我们在失去很重要的事。
Posted on: Time to Get Married - Part 1
February 17, 2014 at 2:59 AMI most likely won't have much personal use for this podcast, because I have already been married for quite a while, but I found it interesting, none-the-less.
Posted on: I Changed My Mind
February 9, 2014 at 8:41 PMI disagree with your perception, but you hear what you hear and I hear what I hear. So, who's to say?
Posted on: The Meaning of Your Travels
February 9, 2014 at 5:33 AMOk, I have a suggestion for a song to go over, 《芙蓉姐夫》. I'm not sure how popular 王蓉 is but she is a bit more of a rocker than most Chinese singers, and that song is very funny. So, I like both the singer and the song.
Posted on: I Changed My Mind
February 9, 2014 at 5:09 AMNo, it is not a discrepancy between dictionaries and real speech. Rather it is one of the cases where tones change in context. Two third tones are hard to say together. So, usually the first one changes to second tone, which is what I hear when I listen to the vocabulary recording of 马甲。
Posted on: Syllables and Verbs
February 8, 2014 at 6:14 PMI'm not sure where to post my Qing Wen related questions, but since you asked, maybe here will do.
I would like to hear more about regional variations in how one addresses and refers to people. I'm not talking about the second cousin of wife's older brother stuff (that's hopeless). Rather things like in Taiwan it is normal and expected to call a waitress 小姐， but in the mainland it gets you an odd look. Or, in Shanghai it seems 老婆 is the expected way to refer to my wife, but I've been corrected by other people to use 太太， instead.
Posted on: Syllables and Verbs
February 8, 2014 at 5:26 PMIn many contexts, ji is the dictionary correct pronunciation of 给，but not all native speakers speak that way.
Posted on: Square Dancing: Chinese Style
February 7, 2014 at 4:40 AMI think here it is more likely that college age people will play loud music to the consternation of their neighbors. Maybe, having a manditory retirement age is a factor.
Posted on: The End of the Road
March 16, 2014 at 1:41 AMI will miss both KTV Time and BST. The both have pretty eclectic content, but it seems to always be something interesting. The freely mixing of Chinese and English works well for me, and I look forward to finding a new show every Saturday evening.