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loosi, I agree. In chinese, you can say horse or mom or maternal grandma depending on the pitch of the same syllable -- nm

Posted by SyrDragon Jan 19 '10, 12:38

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Curious: Is it Mandarin or Cantonese that you speak? -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 12:45
but, i didn't think 'chinese' as a language existed - there's mandarin, cantonese, dialects, classes, etc - Andie Jan 19, 12:41 3
- it's cool how they share the same written characters, sort of like how a stop sign means the same thing but English people know it as "stop" and Frenc - zork Jan 19, 12:49
- they sound similar. Cantonese is my native tongue but I have learn to understand and speak Mandarin at an elemenray level - SyrDragon Jan 19, 12:44
- he's probably simplifying for the guelos -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 12:42
I don't know how many tones there are, but a Chinese friend demonstrated them to me, and I could only differentiate 3 or 4. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 12:40 1
- Though it is all contextual, obvie....you can tell what one is talking about in general -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 19, 12:45
That's funny, because in most languages "horse mom" actually means "mother-in-law". The Chinese are funny. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 19, 12:39

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