http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs 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/2011/11/bike-detritus/comment-page-1/#comment-98027 syz Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:08:32 +0000 http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/?p=1467#comment-98027 Josh: my guess is she's pretty standard for a reporter but faster than lots of regular folks. Maybe I'll do some sort of comparison... Josh: my guess is she’s pretty standard for a reporter but faster than lots of regular folks. Maybe I’ll do some sort of comparison…

]]> http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2011/11/bike-detritus/comment-page-1/#comment-98026 syz Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:06:47 +0000 http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/?p=1467#comment-98026 India: 点（儿） I'd completely forgotten about wanting to comment on that. The difference seems to be between having a physical building (店) and not (点儿). Thinking about it makes me realize that a better translation than "place" probably would've been "stand" or something like that. In Beijing it's always rhoticized, so it's kind of funny to hear the anchorwoman using it in this weird "correct" way with no erhuayin. India: 点（儿） I’d completely forgotten about wanting to comment on that. The difference seems to be between having a physical building (店) and not (点儿). Thinking about it makes me realize that a better translation than “place” probably would’ve been “stand” or something like that. In Beijing it’s always rhoticized, so it’s kind of funny to hear the anchorwoman using it in this weird “correct” way with no erhuayin.

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