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Lydia Leftcoast

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2. When I was in China, we spent our first two weeks in Beijing, where everyone talked like the

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 12:24 PM

Feb 2013

textbooks. Xian wasn't too different, but it was in Chongqing that I first encountered the hand signal of crossed fingers (like the 十 character) to distinguish "4" from "10." Evidently, it confuses Chinese people, too.

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foreigner living in the prc #2: speaking the language/Chinese stereotypes about foreigners [View all] Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2013 OP

Thanks, fascinating n/t intaglio Feb 2013 #1

When I was in China, we spent our first two weeks in Beijing, where everyone talked like the Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #2

Sichuan and Hunan dialects are insane to understand. Shanghai too, with the wu dialect Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2013 #3

That one gave me a good chuckle davidpdx Feb 2013 #4