http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2008/10/the-humble-v-says-veng-veng/?&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 http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2008/10/the-humble-v-says-veng-veng/comment-page-1/#comment-82191 syz Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:15:55 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=231#comment-82191 Joel: nice example. The v/w switching is especially tough on when you're new and haven't even figured out what the phonemes are in Mandarin. You're thinking: "So is it W or is it V?!" Joel: nice example. The v/w switching is especially tough on when you’re new and haven’t even figured out what the phonemes are in Mandarin. You’re thinking: “So is it W or is it V?!”

]]> http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2008/10/the-humble-v-says-veng-veng/comment-page-1/#comment-82188 Joel Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:38:47 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=231#comment-82188 Our very first Chinese teacher was a Beijinger who taught biology at an American university. He gave us lessons on the side. We started his class with next-to-no exposure to Chinese -- so when we was constantly unconsciously shifting his pronunciation between "wèn" and "vèn" when teaching us 问，we most definitely noticed. Our very first Chinese teacher was a Beijinger who taught biology at an American university. He gave us lessons on the side. We started his class with next-to-no exposure to Chinese — so when we was constantly unconsciously shifting his pronunciation between “wèn” and “vèn” when teaching us 问，we most definitely noticed.

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