Comments on: Examples of Wu Transcription – 《咏鹅》 http://www.sinoglot.com/wu/2009/05/ngou/ 吳國之記事 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:20:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Beijing Sounds http://www.sinoglot.com/wu/2009/05/ngou/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Beijing Sounds Thu, 21 May 2009 00:53:19 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/wu/?p=862#comment-90 Very cool. I played the Wu clip for my wife, a Beijinger. She was utterly mystified, "What language is that?" But my 7-yr-old daughter, overhearing from across the room, said 是不是那个“鹅鹅鹅”？ She said she figured it out from the second line, which does bear a reasonable resemblance to the Mandarin. Very cool. I played the Wu clip for my wife, a Beijinger. She was utterly mystified, “What language is that?” But my 7-yr-old daughter, overhearing from across the room, said 是不是那个“鹅鹅鹅”？

She said she figured it out from the second line, which does bear a reasonable resemblance to the Mandarin.

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