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[benlehman]

So, today, I signed up for the Chinese Students Association at the little table they have on the main drag of the Berkeley campus. One of the girls at the table asked me, "So, why are you interested in the club,"

"Oh, I'm interested in Chinese culture and language."

{Can you speak Chinese?}

{I can speak a little bit.}

{Oh! He has a mainland accent!} This was followed by a good deal of talk about my accent, before finally deciding that it is a northern accent.

Dude. I have an accent.

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I'm authentic!

[psychotropek.livejournal.com]

Hey, in Taiwan I was told I had a very Nanjing accent. I think it's what happened when I heard Taiwanese all my life but was supposed to "jiang xiang beijingren". Wow. I learned the correct grammar structure for that but have forgotten it already.

Re: I'm authentic!

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I kept being told that I sound like that people "from that other place." I think it's because my accent is just a little funny, and so everyone knows it isn't their local accent. I was just happy that even ABC people could understand me.

Still, a Nanjing accent, eh? Do you turn your shi into si?

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--Ben