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Xun
Jun 19, 2013 16:55:29 GMT
Post by Blue on Jun 19, 2013 16:55:29 GMT
No: what I mean is that I naturally don't like the tongue rolling aspect of the Beijing accent regardless if a native or non-native speaker utilizes it. When there are so-called human institutions that force the entire population to speak Mandarin, you have to accept that the accent of "standard Mandarin" naturally becomes neutralized by the southern speakers such that the tongue rolling aspect disappears.
It's kinda of like saying that when there was a lot of immigration to the US by non-British Europeans, the English spoken in the US no longer became the high-pitched accent typically found in the Deep South. It becomes the Midwestern accent influenced by German and Norwegians immigrants. (Contrary to what Disneyland would like you to believe, Abraham Lincoln spoke in a high pitched accent. He was born in Kentucky and factors establishing the Midwestern accent weren't established yet.)
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Xun
Jun 19, 2013 17:51:26 GMT
Post by Flolei on Jun 19, 2013 17:51:26 GMT
I'm not competent to speak about Chinese accents in Chinese speaking countries, neither about English accents in USA. I just say that I'm not sure that what you hear is Beijing accent. Why? Because the guy learnt the poem with the professor from Taipei who - I guess - doesn't teach Beijing accent.
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