This is a guest post from Randy Alexander, famous for Echoes of Manchu, frequent Language Log mentions, and Beijing Sounds’ most frequently visited post. For some background on the crisis/opportunity issue, see Benjamin Zimmer’s Language Log post here.
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By Randy Alexander
Scanning through the headlines on Saturday, I came across coverage of President Obama’s weekly address, with [...]
[Note from syz] Following up on exotic claims for tongue-twisting, deep-in-the-nasal-passages Beijing consonants, I’m pleased to present Beijing Sounds’ very first guest post. Or maybe we should call it an outpost, as our intrepid author, frequent BJS commenter, Sima, currently resides in the frigid northeast. In any case, although he doesn’t feature Beijing-R, [...]
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