Chinglish

[Tom Zurinskas]

How is "Chinglish" pronounced

1 as in "chin" where both vowels in the word are the same
2 as in "china" with a long i as in "chide"
3 as in "ching" with a long ee as in cheese.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com.

> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:37:19 -0400
> From: bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Chinglish
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> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:20 AM, LanDi Liu  wrote:
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>> For those of you interested in the inner workings of English's largest
>> dialect, please see my new article (in two parts), complete with sound
>> files and pictures, posted here:
>>
>> http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs
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>> Permalinks:
>> http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/2008/08/a-structured-approach-to-chinglish-pronunciation-1-of-2/
>> http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/2008/08/a-structured-approach-to-chinglish-pronunciation-2-of-2/
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>> Enjoy!
>>
>> --
>> Randy Alexander
>> Jilin City, China
>> My Manchu studies blog:
>> http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu
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