Archive for the ‘Pronunciation’ Category
Friday, August 1st, 2008
Chinese words are made up of so few possible syllables that it's almost hard NOT to rhyme. For example, Wang Lihong has a song called "Can you feel my world" that has the following rhyme scheme:
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etc.
Just to clarify, that means that every single line in the whole song rhymes ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
A few weeks ago in my English classes, I was doing lightning safety (it was stormy here, ok?). I ended up using the following joke in each class.
One of the tips from the students would inevitably be: "Always wear shoes if you're outside." I would follow that up ...
Posted in Pronunciation, Tones | 6 Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
DISCLAIMER: In case I have a Chinese reader, I should tell you "funnest" isn't a real word.
This post started out innocently enough as a fun way to test the new audio plugin (thanks to Beijing Sounds for the tip) and celebrate the joy of speaking a foreign language. But ...
Posted in Pronunciation, Tones, Vocabulary, Word Hog | 8 Comments »
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