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	how's my chinese?

mona

6-1-2007 8:49 AM

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chinese, compliments, language, skills

mona says:

i had some trouble clipping this.....hope it shows up now!

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6-1-2007 8:55 AM

mona

.....failing that, just view source! Not sure why this has been such a tricky one to clip - it's just plain text after all!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a603a58b-56b1-49b8-ac6b-c370ecbd49c1/21DAC338-A8E5-4429-B95B-B951F53D234E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/05/25/on-accents-and-perceived-fluency" href="http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/05/25/on-accents-and-perceived-fluency" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sinosplice.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/05/25/on-accents-and-perceived-fluency"><H1 class="title"><A title="Permanent Link to On Accents and Perceived Fluency" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/05/25/on-accents-and-perceived-fluency" linkindex="12" set="yes">On Accents and Perceived Fluency</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/05/25/on-accents-and-perceived-fluency">I’ve actually heard Chinese people make some of these comments, and I cobbled together this rough guide to what the various comments mean.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/05/25/on-accents-and-perceived-fluency"><TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="30%"><STRONG>When they say you sound like a…</STRONG></TD><TD width="70%"><STRONG>they mean that…</STRONG></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="lǎowài" class="info">老外</SPAN><BR />(foreigner)</TD><TD>your Chinese is bad.</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="wàiguórén" class="info">外国人</SPAN><BR />(foreigner)</TD><TD>your Chinese is bad (but they tried just a little to be polite).</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Xīnjiāngrén" class="info">新疆人</SPAN><BR />(Xinjiang person)</TD><TD>your Chinese is functional, but your tones are a mess.</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Shāndōngrén" class="info">山东人</SPAN><BR />(Shandong person)</TD><TD>your Chinese is a bit better than a 新疆人’s.</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Sìchuānrén" class="info">四川人</SPAN><BR />(Sichuan person)</TD><TD>your Chinese is a bit better than a 山东人’s.</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Xiānggǎngrén" class="info">香港人</SPAN><BR />(Hong Kong person)</TD><TD>your Chinese is pretty good, but sounds a little funny.</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Nánfāngrén" class="info">南方人</SPAN><BR />(Southerner)</TD><TD>your Chinese is good, but some consonants are non-standard.</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Táiwānrén" class="info">台湾人</SPAN><BR />(Taiwanese)</TD><TD>your Chinese not only sounds like a 南方人’s, but also a girl’s. (This is not so bad if you happen to be a girl.)</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Dōngběirén" class="info">东北人</SPAN><BR />(Northeasterner)</TD><TD>your Chinese is good, but not quite up to 北京人 levels.</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN title="Běijīngrén" class="info">北京人</SPAN><BR />(Beijinger)</TD><TD>your Chinese is really amazing.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/21DAC338-A8E5-4429-B95B-B951F53D234E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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