Cantonese (was Re: Language Difficulty)
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 25, 2001, 2:14 |
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In a message dated 22.09.2001 10:07:35 PM, dreamertwo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
><SNIP> I love the vowels in Cantonese. They make the language
>sound so rich and full and . . . substantial. Mandarin by contrast sounds
>like wind whistling through dry bamboo. And Taiwanese? Taiwanese sounds
>like a room full of rubber balls.
::nods head in agreement:: ... but I find the sing-song-iness of young female
native-speakers of Mandarin speakin' English as their 2nd Language very
appealin'. It makes English sound smooth, so "right." ::turns bright red::
::scampers off::
czHANgie