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kamomil ([personal profile] kamomil) wrote2005-06-15 08:48 pm

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I just wanted to talk about Dashan.

He was in the paper this week, he had been talking to people in china about the dangers of smoking.

The dude is from Ottawa, and learned Mandarin fluently enough to do comedy in China and almost everyone there knows who he is. I first saw him while flipping channels, I was like "who's that white dude speaking Chinese?" It was a comedy show and it was clear how fluent he was by the audience reaction. A couple days later I heard him on CBC Radio.

Dunno. Felt like sharing

[identity profile] bloobert.livejournal.com 2005-06-16 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Neat, I didn't know that intonation is used to differentiate words in Mandarin and Cantonese. I'll ask Jeff about it... he knows a little of one or the other I think...