tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post3558973892859236432..comments2023-09-21T04:31:23.124-07:00Comments on red cow rise: Let's All Learn Chineseredcowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15710056327957225884noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-48452093077734259752012-04-24T05:16:54.309-07:002012-04-24T05:16:54.309-07:00Oh for sure!! As a die-hard druid enthusiast, I wo...Oh for sure!! As a die-hard druid enthusiast, I would totally love a panda druid. I mean, I got over trolls and even *humans* (well, worgen, but HUMANS) being druids so I could get behind some cuddly pandaren druids!! :)redcowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710056327957225884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-27290485918800110322012-04-24T02:55:52.493-07:002012-04-24T02:55:52.493-07:00And "Panda" is "Bear Cat" (熊貓)...And "Panda" is "Bear Cat" (熊貓). Bear-Cat-People. And they can't be druids? A slap in the face! ;)floschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784402621836933199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-87602477413562871252012-04-24T02:44:24.722-07:002012-04-24T02:44:24.722-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.floschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784402621836933199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-69213225877079270882012-04-22T04:38:31.550-07:002012-04-22T04:38:31.550-07:00The only spoilers are the pictures at the bottom o...The only spoilers are the pictures at the bottom of the post, so if you got that far you read basically the whole thing ^_^redcowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710056327957225884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-70057220386423613922012-04-21T23:20:18.120-07:002012-04-21T23:20:18.120-07:00I love the idea but I didn't to look at any be...I love the idea but I didn't to look at any beta pics so I'm sorry Aka I had to skim a bit, but I like how you've put this pronunciation thing for all those who wonder about the linguistics of chinese.Navimiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504557372435466448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-59025809080801691902012-04-21T10:28:12.934-07:002012-04-21T10:28:12.934-07:00That is exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you o...That is exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you once again.Danslatehttp://danslayers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-52488568446836399722012-04-21T10:16:41.089-07:002012-04-21T10:16:41.089-07:00Hooray! Linguistics nerds *_*
I figured that alth...Hooray! Linguistics nerds *_*<br /><br />I figured that although some of the pinyin letter choice is pretty easy for English speakers to guess, some of them (c, zh, ui) would be a mystery, and I wanted to head it off before everyone got too used to saying Tu Shui as Tu "Shooey."<br /><br />As for "un" I would say that yes, I've heard it said (by my teacher) like that. You can try listening to 滾 in google translate to hear it!<br /><br />It's been a while since I took linguistics, so I hope I understand your question. As in, are /l/ and /r/ allophones of the same phoneme? I'm not sure, but my initial guess is no. If I'm understanding your description of the Korean [r] it's the same as the Japanese one. For Mandarin, initial /r/ is that buzzing sound like in "pleasure" whereas final /r/ is like "are." /R/ and /l/ do create minimal pairs like "re" and "le" and "rang" and "lang."redcowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710056327957225884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-38718898507379206532012-04-21T09:42:04.482-07:002012-04-21T09:42:04.482-07:00Ah, posts like these make me happy. Thank you very...Ah, posts like these make me happy. Thank you very much! It's fun to try to pronounce things correctly. Let's see...<br /><br />Well, as it turns out, I have been pronouncing stuff fairly close to what they are supposed to be pronounced. Except for a slight mispronounciation on the , my pronounciation of Master Shang Xi was pretty spot on. Then there are more "grave" mistakes on my part like with Shen pronounced as [ʃɛn].<br />Interestingly, I seem to have more problems with the vowels (e.g. when an is pronounced [e] or [ə] or what have you).<br /><br />Would you say "un [ʊen]" is pronounced a bit like a soft (engl.) "when" (if you make sure not to pronounce it [ʰwɛn])? I come off pronouncing it like that, anyway. Then again, I am in no way an expert for Asian languages and theoretical linguistic knowledge is not all that useful when it comes to actual pronounciation.<br /><br />A question out of shere interest: are /l/ and /r/ (as perceived by speakers of "European languages") allophones in Mandarin? I know they are in Korean, where it's pronounced more like [l] at the end of a syllable and more like [r] at the beginning of a syllable. In this case, I would describe the corresponding r-sound as more retroflex and tapped (almost like a [d]) and I am just too lazy to get the 'correct' symbol from IPA. I still hope you know what I mean, though.Danslatehttp://danslayers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-60075884778256682892012-04-21T09:35:19.930-07:002012-04-21T09:35:19.930-07:00I'm right there with you. Beta gen chat is alr...I'm right there with you. Beta gen chat is already taking a nasty turn for the racist, but I hope that the actual game is palatable to the culture it's modeling.redcowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710056327957225884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538219718087331009.post-14485309809982617822012-04-20T20:34:14.786-07:002012-04-20T20:34:14.786-07:00I still get kind of nervous how this expansion is ...I still get kind of nervous how this expansion is going to be perceived in Asia. I just hope we don't end up with a WoW version of Jar-Jar Binks.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.com