Patrick Dunn:
>>> So ultimately, though, I'm going to have to learn to distinguish
>>> aspirated from unaspirated stops. *nods* I guess I watch
>>> Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon a few more times. Darn. :)
Anton Sherwood:
>> I think I heard that at least one of the stars was not speaking
>> shis native language.
Bob Greenwade:
> I think you're referring to Michelle Yeoh. I think her native
> language
> is Mandarin, and the film was done in Cantonese (though it could be
> the
> other way around). IIRC she took some quick language lessons and
> needed a
> speech coach on the set during filming. (This is what I recall her
> saying
> in a brief interview on the red carpet just before the last Academy
> Awards
> show.)
Ms. Yeoh mentions in an interview on the DVD release that the
Mandarin dialogue was difficult for her. She's Malaysian, if I
remember aright.
-Tone