Chinglish

[Tom Zurinskas]

So you think it's "chin" as in "chin-glish".  I would think ~cheenglish.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:13:51 -0400
> From: hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Chinglish
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> Poster: Herb Stahlke
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> The vowels in "cheese" and "chide" don't occur before /ng/ in any
> dialect of English that I've heard.
>
> Herb
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> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Tom Zurinskas  wrote:
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>> How is "Chinglish" pronounced
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>> 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.
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>>> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:37:19 -0400
>>> From: bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: Chinglish
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>>> Now cross-linked on Language Log...
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>>> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=521
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>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:20 AM, LanDi Liu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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/
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Randy Alexander
>>>> Jilin City, China
>>>> My Manchu studies blog:
>>>> http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu
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