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Apr 2	comment	Pronouncing pinyin “c” in Shanxi dialect I probably should not say "dialect." Most of my friends there grew up speaking local dialects, not all the same one. They learned a rather polished Mandarin for their academic careers and use that when speaking around me or to me in Chinese. Based on all these comments I think my ears were not wrong, it was a matter of personal pronunciation, and maybe it happened in the more informal contexts. My thnaks to everyone.
Mar 30	comment	Pronouncing pinyin “c” in Shanxi dialect But do you know if this is a Shanxi dialect? Or was I mishearing it?
Mar 30	asked	Pronouncing pinyin “c” in Shanxi dialect
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Dec 7	comment	Pronunciation of 比较 You are right that what these people said was distinctly more than one syllable, even though the i and j were weak. This reminds me once again to distinguish a compound vowel from a disyllable. Xi'an is not xian. Thanks.
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Dec 7	comment	Pronunciation of 比较 Could be. But are you saying this based on familiarity with actual Shanghai pronunciation? When someone is saying one book is larger than another, I think they would say 比较大 and not 不要大.
Dec 6	comment	Pronunciation of 比较 It was not Wu dialect and the people were not trying to be nauseating. It is either a colloquial elision, or my faulty hearing.
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