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- From: liuyh@vis.toronto.edu (Yuanhui Liu)
- Subject: Re: >>>>>>A small complaint
- Message-ID: <92Nov16.125425est.120@orasis.vis.toronto.edu>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
- References: <ssimmons.721662906@convex.convex.com> <1992Nov14.001203.17240@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <FRANL.92Nov14204653@draco.centerline.com> <1992Nov15.182802.2203@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <92320.190506SCW112@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:54:35 GMT
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- In article <92320.190506SCW112@psuvm.psu.edu> <SCW112@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >In article <1992Nov15.182802.2203@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
- >mlibucha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark A Libucha) says:
- >>
- >>In article <FRANL.92Nov14204653@draco.centerline.com> franl@centerline.com n
- >>(Fra
- >>Litterio) writes:
- >>>mlibucha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark A Libucha) writes:
- >>>
- >>>> ssimmons@convex.com (Steve Simmons) writes:
- >>>
- [......]
- >>
- >Yeah. The guy was speaking the kind of Mandarin that you'd learn if you were
- >taking it in college or something. I'm not a native speaker (born here in the
- >States) but my parents speak it to each other and since I'm always listening in
- >I can understand it pretty well. I haven't seen that episode in a while, but as
- >I remember you could tell the actor wasn't a native speaker because he was
- >speaking very slowly. His pronunciation was good, though, but I seem to
- >remember a _slight_ American accent. Not sure. I guess that's what got the guy
-
- indeed, that guy's chinese was pretty good, he could be a native speaker.
- All except maybe the the newsanchors on CCTV have more or less an accent
- speaking Mandarin, usually northerners speaks better mandarin, and native
- Beijingers speaks real fast(southerners like me had constantly mentally
- rewind what I've heard while carry on a full speed conversation), and have
- lots of local slangs in their talks. So speaking slowly doesn't mean that
- actor is not a native Chinese speaker.
-
- I can hide my accent pretty well while talking to guys from
- Taiwan or other further southern provinces, and usually fool them about where
- I am from, but I can't fool real northerners a bit even I pay attention
- while speaking.
-
- >who complained about his pidgen English -- the fact that the actor was an
- >Asian-American who probably spoke fluent English but had to play a role in
- >which he had to fake an accent. Of course, that is how most Chinese delivery
- >people speak, granted.
- >
- >As to what he was saying, if I had a tape of it, I could tell you. From what I
- >remember he was asking about the guy's family and stuff and talking about
- >totally unrelated topics like the weather (I think). It was funny because
- >George was all excited about what the guy was saying and about the hair tonic,
- >when he was actually just carrying on a conversation that had nothing to do
- >with the hair tonic. I seem to remember also that after like 30 seconds, while
- >George continues to hassle the guy about the hair tonic, the person talking on
- >the phone says something like "Well, I'd better go, this guy is annoying the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >hell out of me." Something like that.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Now I remember, it was totally hysterical! ;->
- >
- >Steve Wei
-
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