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All sounds are from real events and situations unless otherwise noted (in an occasional reproduction).
WARNING

Contains explicit use of singular they, gratuitous passive voice, and shamelessly split infinitives.
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- Hang the wall on the gun (19)
  - syz: Out-of-towners is cool! I love the literal translation of the Out part as well. The only problematic part for me...
  - chris: What an herculaneic effort you put in transscribing all of that. 外地人:i would use out-of-towners for...
  - China: This got me pretty confused by now. I encountered lots of disappearing first tones while travelling through...
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  - chris: First there is a problem with what does “marginally fluent” actually mean? Does it mean she wants...
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  - syz: 鎒名: that’s a great question. We’ve had a bit of discussion here and there over the years at...
  - Cui Litang: @ syz: thanks again for your e-mailed ideas about Chinesenow.biz which I have kindly replied. @ Randy:...
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