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Mandarin Accents: Most understood?
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LatinoBoy84
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Message 17 of 18

07 July 2012 at 7:38pm | IP Logged

Snowflake wrote:

I’ve met native Mandarin speakers who admitted they don’t understand
Beijingnese. It’s the slang and pronunciation differences which throw them, not the
儿's. They generally understand the 儿's just fine. I’ve met some Beijingers who
slowed down their speech to be understood by other Mandarin speakers. Is the super
fast speech what you mean by slurring? Or does consonant slurring refer to things like
the abbreviation of ming2tian1 jian4 to mier2 jian4? If it's the abbreviation thing,
I'd consider that to fall into the category of Mandarin dialect.

I think you summed things up well. I couldn't come up with an appropriate description
so I used "slurring" instead. I'm just aiming for a nice neutral accent (perhaps
standard with a hint of southern style). Shanghai is the business capital while Beijing
is the cultural capital. Taipei standard mandarin doesn't use as many particles
as far as I know, but I could be misinterpreting what I've read thus far.
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08 July 2012 at 1:30am | IP Logged

You may find this amusing....One of my friends from Shanghai sometimes tells people (other native
Mandarin speakers) that she is from a different city. She explained that people from
Shanghai do not necessarily have a good reputation. Her accent is slightly different than the other
Shanghainese I've met, stronger retroflect sounds.

Edited by Snowflake on 08 July 2012 at 7:41am
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