Chinglish

[LanDi Liu]

Actually, Herb, I've never heard that from a native English speaker.
I believe most people say "ching-glish" (to go along with
"ing-glish").  ; )

Randy

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> No, it's "ching" as in "ching-lish."  "Cheenglish" is not a possible
> pronunciation in English.
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> Herb
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> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> So you think it's "chin" as in "chin-glish".  I would think ~cheenglish.
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>> 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 14:13:51 -0400
>>> From: hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Chinglish
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>>> The vowels in "cheese" and "chide" don't occur before /ng/ in any
>>> dialect of English that I've heard.
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>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>> 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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