tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9253384.post8487117855661606245..comments2024-01-06T01:57:17.572-05:00Comments on Knit Buddies: kitty: Happy New Years!!!!!!! a little earlyKitty Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814037601049328212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9253384.post-86498047040498251062007-02-18T12:09:00.000-05:002007-02-18T12:09:00.000-05:00Happy CNY! Have a great one in Shanghai!!Happy CNY! Have a great one in Shanghai!!Laura.Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812481251142672384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9253384.post-61758071256113650072007-02-18T01:22:00.000-05:002007-02-18T01:22:00.000-05:00Happy new year! Enjoy your trip and take care.Happy new year! Enjoy your trip and take care.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726970718740414716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9253384.post-88845118232598829512007-02-15T23:27:00.000-05:002007-02-15T23:27:00.000-05:00MG is right. Just like we hve different accents of...MG is right. Just like we hve different accents of english, we have different accents of mandarin. Here in Malaysia, when we watch different mandarin tv series, we can tell which ones are from Taiwan, which ones from Singapore/Malaysia and which ones from China. The words are the same but the intonation is totally different.<BR/>Anyways,on a different note, aren't ah gongs and ah mas the best teachers any kid could have?monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457249908339597061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9253384.post-73864895705568963032007-02-15T18:25:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:25:00.000-05:00i think he is a perfectly fine speaker. it's a com...i think he is a perfectly fine speaker. it's a commercial for Malaysia, a dialect area different than M's, and where people probably hear with fondness the dialect-influenced Mandarin of their grandparents. <BR/><BR/>in fact, it reminds me of some ah-gongs and ah-mas of my own experience. grandpa Mandarin is good and very sweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9253384.post-53899043319439286592007-02-15T12:28:00.000-05:002007-02-15T12:28:00.000-05:00We all know that M speaks Chinese all day long. ;)...We all know that M speaks Chinese all day long. ;) <BR/><BR/>I can't wait to see the photos from Shanghai. You will have to eat plenty of rice, noodles, and leafy veggies for me there. Celebrate the Year of the Pig to its fullest!!!Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640308257305494076noreply@blogger.com