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sebire
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 28, 2009 at 9:08 PMHmm, I thought it sounded a bit Halifax, but by the time I'd finished reading it, I think I had ended up in Lancashire.
British accent? Pah! As meaningful as talking about an Asian accent...
Ok, enough off-topicness!
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 28, 2009 at 8:08 PMAh, you see, they probably deal with so many Americans, they've got used to not correcting them...;) Anyway, Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents sound really differnet to English accents, which I presume is due to the influence of the original languages in that region.
bababardwan, thankfully there isn't street-by-street variation in my town! But there is variation between a local and a more regionless accent amongst us.
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM哎呀，说“他早上六点就起床偷菜了”真的很难。So many very similar, yet different constonants in a row in the second half. Does anyone know of any tongue twisters that are e.g. all q's and t's and c's in a row?
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 27, 2009 at 6:12 PMPretzellogic, hence you get Scottish, Welsh, Norn Irish and English accents :) Most people mean English when they say British accent (particularly English as it is spoken in the south).
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 27, 2009 at 1:41 PMEnglish accent, guys, English, not British! No such thing as a British accent!
I am glad there are passive marker discussion here, can we have a Qing Wen on when to use the different ones?
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Family
October 25, 2009 at 10:07 AMI've heard some people call them "Big Aunt" or "Little Aunt", so for instance, if it's your mother's sister, and she is eldest, she is 大姨, and the younger sister is 小姨。I asked my mum what to do when you have lots of sisters, and she said you number them. Certainly, if a man has two wives, I've heard them referred to as 太太 and 二太太 (the second mistress). Not that you'll probably hear that much these days! Saying that, I address all my aunts as 姨姨 followed by name，regardless of age.
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 23, 2009 at 9:55 PMSo 开心网=Facebook, Youku=Youtube, Baidu=Google, Taobao=Ebay. I take it part of the reason for the Great Firewall is to shore up these native sites? Or is it just a consequence?
Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
October 21, 2009 at 9:56 PMChangye
Actually, "打钢琴" might be more appropriate than "弹钢琴" for some music works, for example, by Bartok (巴托克) and Prokofiev (普罗高菲夫)
:O
Get to the 胡说 group! Hehehe.
Posted on: Buying a Bike
October 21, 2009 at 8:34 PMOrangina,
Bicycle helmets have been well tested for the types of accidents cyclist are prone to.
I am sure I have read somewhere that the British standard that helmets have to adhere to are to protect any rider that that falls off sideways whilst stationary. So I guess it's good if you can't unclip yourself from the pedals at traffic lights!
I always wear my helmet anyway. Gotta be better than nothing.
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 29, 2009 at 7:20 AMI think most English accents are variations on a theme, much like most American (i.e. drawl), whereas Welsh and Scottish people sound as distinct from most English accents as French and German people speaking English do.
*Throws book at xiaophil*
(Ignore Yorkshire, it's a country-within-a-country...)