Comments on: Update: Mangled Mandarin http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2007/12/update-mangled-mandarin/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= Home of the Beijing Sounds Studios: productions mostly of language through foreign ears Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:08:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brendan http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2007/12/update-mangled-mandarin/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Brendan Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:16:38 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=11#comment-14 "Anyu" has its charms -- it instantly makes me think of one particular French classmate at Beida who actually had excellent Chinese but just couldn't shake the Gallic accent. (I live in mortal fear that my spoken Chinese might suffer from something similarly obvious.) But it's gotta be Zhonglish FTW here. For a Chinese name, what about 重语? Mispronounced and a malapropism. “Anyu” has its charms — it instantly makes me think of one particular French classmate at Beida who actually had excellent Chinese but just couldn’t shake the Gallic accent. (I live in mortal fear that my spoken Chinese might suffer from something similarly obvious.) But it’s gotta be Zhonglish FTW here. For a Chinese name, what about 重语? Mispronounced and a malapropism.

]]> By: syz http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2007/12/update-mangled-mandarin/comment-page-1/#comment-15 syz Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:28:10 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=11#comment-15 Hi Mike -- Zhonglish. This is fantastic! I'm putting my vote here now and it's really an honor to have you here, since you were studying Chinese when it was really hard (i.e. no computerized pinyin input). Shaan, sorry I'm not voting with anyu, but I just can't generate the enthusiasm, although I agree now that Mandarish just wasn't working. I'd promised juhuacha earlier that I'd try to get a post eventually on Zhonglish, but I still haven't made any progress. Need a critical mass of foreigners and a few bottles of beer. Hi Mike — Zhonglish. This is fantastic! I’m putting my vote here now and it’s really an honor to have you here, since you were studying Chinese when it was really hard (i.e. no computerized pinyin input). Shaan, sorry I’m not voting with anyu, but I just can’t generate the enthusiasm, although I agree now that Mandarish just wasn’t working.

I’d promised juhuacha earlier that I’d try to get a post eventually on Zhonglish, but I still haven’t made any progress. Need a critical mass of foreigners and a few bottles of beer.

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