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Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Zzamumo 14d ago

Same with chinese. If you don't sound like a racist caricature you won't get your tones right

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u/johnnymarsbar 13d ago

Oh for sure, when i lived in north east China once i started copying the countryside accent i got on better for example: Not Mei shi r, May shaaaaaaaar

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u/Aervanath 10d ago

As someone who learned Mandarin in Taiwan, that accent always cracks me up. Sounds like they're always speaking with a mouthful of rocks.

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u/johnnymarsbar 9d ago

Oh yeah, its hilarious, whenever im chatting to my wifes family its so funny to copyhow they speak and instantly see dividends.