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calibre2001 –

Her speech starts from 3:00 onwards or thereabouts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F__qXF9ERTk&NR=1

I have to admit it sounds strange to my ear. What type of accent is her’s anyway?

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amandagmu –

My Chinese isn’t terrific, but based on studying two summers on the mainland and now a few months
and Taiwan I would say her accent is a pronounced Taiwanese “high class” or “academic” accent.

Quest –

Probably 海南+上海+SAEnglish accent, non-standard mandarin.

Ncao –

To me it sound like a Shanghai accent.

Yuchi –

She was born in shanghai apparently but I couldn’t really tell until she started pronouncing words
in shanghainese…

LaVandez –

Great video it didn’t sound at all weird to me it just sounded like a grieving old woman speaking.

fireball9261 –

She was born and grew up in Shanghai and went to school in U.S. when she was fairly young, and
Shanghainess should be her home dialect even thought her family was originally from Hainan. Some
of her words sounded like Shanghainess. However, she did not sound completely like a Shanghainess
speaking Mandarin. Could it be her native Hainan dialect got in the ways also. Also, she had been
living in U.S. for a while. Some of her words had American accent also. In addition, she should be
very old by then, and her false teeth, etc would also be causing her to speak in certain ways. I
will guess Shanghainess with some American accent for sure and maybe a bit of Hainan accent, maybe?

huisheng –

Her accent, in my opinion, is not considered ‘high class’, yet ‘educated’. The way she speaks is
different from that Yue/Shanghainese speakers do. I however notice Shanghainese influences in her
speech. Though my judgement can be predetermined by knowing she grew up speaking Shanghainese.

ivyliang –

汗。。。 I have to say that even we Chinese cannot understand her speech totally…

Quest –

Quote:

汗。。。 I have to say that even we Chinese cannot understand her speech totally…

Why “we Chinese”?

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Looking at getting a new phone-pda combo, any suggestions on the following?
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sui.generis –

Quote:

Still kind of miss a full-size screen sometimes. The ipaq 210 is out now, and if I have surplus
cash in a few months I may yet weaken. Or maybe even a larger phone like the Flame, but treat it
as a PDA. But before that, I want a tablet PC. And a pony.

Great thread guys.

I’ve been avoiding smartphones for a long time, but I’m finally ready to start procrastinating
buying one instead of refusing to buy one. If the Nokia N810 were a phone, I’d probably already
have one, though I don’t know if the garnet vm has been updated so it can scale or not.

Otherwise I want to wait long enough so I can get a Kohjinsha with a phone mode. I don’t think
UMPC phones are even on the drawing board yet, but I bet they will be before you have a pony. =)

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peter7 –

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roddy –

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English before making a purchase.

peter7 –

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sui.generis –

Quote:

Originally Posted by me

I don’t think UMPC phones are even on the drawing board yet

I was wrong.

mis 500 hdpc

Quote:

First spotted as a prototype back in 2006, the 163 x 67 x 24.5-mm / 387-gram brick is now expected
to go retail in July for up to ₩500,000 or a US-equivalent pricing of just $500. That’s dirt
cheap for what they seem to promise:

* 4-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display which slides out and flips over for the cellphone
interface
* Up to a 1GHz VIA C7M ULV processor and 4GB of DDR2 memory
* Dual, Windows XP / Linux Qplus embedded OS
* Unspecified cellphone radio
* Maximum 1.3-inch 60GB hard disk (or 4GB SSD) and miniSD/microSD expansion
* 7-hour battery (or 90-hours at low power)
* 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0
* 2x USB, docking port, stereo speakers, QWERTY thumbpad and mouse
* What looks like a 5 megapixel camera
* DMB mobile television and external GPS add-on

Ugly, yes. Big, yeah. But I like it.

Xiao Kui –

Wow, I’ll be really impressed if they can keep the price on that AVING down to $500. I was gonna
save up for an OQO model 2 but if this thing is as magical as at looks maybe it’s a cheaper
alternative.

ipsi() –

I’m not keen on something like that – it just seems too big and unweildy. I suspect a better
option would be the EeePC plus a PDA or regular cellphone, as at least you can keep whatever
you’re using for phone-calls in your pocket, and the more powerful laptop in your bag.

Hell, I’m tempted to pick up an EeePC just so I can have something nice and portable, but at the
same time with a bigger screen and more procesing power (etc) than my Treo. I will wait for the
8GB version though, 4GB just seems a little small…

sui.generis –

It (and others like it hopefully) won’t be for everybody, but it really isn’t much bigger than
some smartphones. The sidekick II had very similar dimensions. It’s longer than the Kaiser
mentioned here (if you chopped off the portions on either side of the screen, it’s probably
identical), but otherwise not much bigger. I’m not saying the size isn’t an issue, but given the
functionality, it’s a very tempting package.

To me, it’s more tempting than lugging around 2 or 3 devices when I want them all with me most of
the time anyway.

cStyle –

Does anyone have any recommendations on a dealer/store in Harbin where I can get a Grey Market HTC
Touch from?

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PandaRoo –

Hi, I’m not sure if this should be posted here, so if it isn’t, then please feel free to move it
to the appropriate part. Thanx!

Could someone please translate the lyrics for htis song? Its by Wubai and its in Minnan language.
[00:23.01][00:17.79][00:28:99]空袭警报~~~~
[00:48.91]阮阿公空袭的时早就已经跌落山脚
[00:52.69]阮阿嬷的猪圈乎伊烧甲臭火干
[00:56.59]阮阿爸上班的糖厂去乎伊扫甲一坑一嘎
[01:00.42]做田的陇嘛走去躲在树仔脚

[01:08.36]飞凌机若来你就趴落烂沟仔或是土脚
[01:12.12]阮厝边有人未付去乎弹到脚
[01:16.22]飞凌机飞来的时盛盛叫是有够大声
[01:19.97]你远远无见人是已经就知影

[03:28.65][01:54.78][01:23.79]啊~~~ 这款的代志
[03:32.03][01:58.74][01:27.32]啊~~~ 学校陇无提
[03:36.14][02:02.58][01:31.27]啊~~~ 那当时那这呢神秘(未来嘛是非常神秘)

[01:39.41]听说是美军要来炸台湾的日本兵仔
[01:43.13]听说咱陇总唱着日本的军歌
[01:47.23]听说咱着要交出锄头剪刀掺ㄌㄡ ㄌㄞ ·ㄅㄚ
[01:51.54]说战争是保护咱自己的国家

[02:10.34]酸酸哟哟酸哟哟
[02:14.23]儿仔时的Radio陇听会到
[02:18.19]对你的了解哪这呢少
[02:21.89]历史的伤害搁有影不是亲采

[03:13.21]自开始我陇当做是阮阿爸在说的诙颜
[03:17.06]自开始不知咱过去有这多的目屎
[03:21.03]现此时咱是生活在块不同的世界
[03:24.93]不知影飞凌机何时会搁来

Thanks alot!

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semantic nuance –

[00:23.01][00:17.79][00:28:99]空袭警报~~~~ 空襲警報
[00:48.91]阮阿公空袭的时早就已经跌落山脚
我爺爺在空襲的時後, 早就已經跌落山腳下
[00:52.69]阮阿嬷的猪圈乎伊烧甲臭火干
我奶奶的豬圈被它(空襲)燒到焦了
[00:56.59]阮阿爸上班的糖厂去乎伊扫甲一坑一嘎
我爸爸上班的糖廠被轟掃得坑坑疤疤的
[01:00.42]做田的陇嘛走去躲在树仔脚
種田的人全都跑去躲在樹底下

[01:08.36]飞凌机若来你就趴落烂沟仔或是土脚
飛機若飛來你就趴在爛泥溝裡或地上
[01:12.12]阮厝边有人未付去乎弹到脚
我鄰居有人來不及(躲)被炸到腳
[01:16.22]飞凌机飞来的时盛盛叫是有够大声
飛機飛來的時候咻咻叫, 聲音之大
[01:19.97]你远远无见人是已经就知影
你老遠沒見半個影就已經知道(飛機空襲來了)

[03:28.65][01:54.78][01:23.79]啊~~~ 这款的代志
啊! 這樣的事情
[03:32.03][01:58.74][01:27.32]啊~~~ 学校陇无提
啊! 學校從不提起
[03:36.14][02:02.58][01:31.27]啊~~~ 那当时那这呢神秘(未来嘛是非常神秘)
啊! 那時候怎麼會這麼神秘 (未來也一樣非常神秘)

[01:39.41]听说是美军要来炸台湾的日本兵仔
聽說是美軍要炸台灣的日本兵
[01:43.13]听说咱陇总唱着日本的军歌
聽說我們都總唱著日本的軍歌
[01:47.23]听说咱着要交出锄头剪刀掺ㄌㄡ ㄌㄞ ·ㄅㄚ
聽說我們要交出鋤頭剪刀和螺絲起子(screw driver)
[01:51.54]说战争是保护咱自己的国家
說戰爭是保護我們自己的國家

[02:10.34]酸酸哟哟酸哟哟
[02:14.23]儿仔时的Radio陇听会到
孩提時代的收音機都會聽到
[02:18.19]对你的了解哪这呢少
對你的了解這麼會這麼少
[02:21.89]历史的伤害搁有影不是亲采
歷史的傷害還真的不是隨便開玩笑的

[03:13.21]自开始我陇当做是阮阿爸在说的诙颜
一開始我都當作是我爸爸在說笑
[03:17.06]自开始不知咱过去有这多的目屎
一開始不知道我們過去有這麼多的眼淚
[03:21.03]现此时咱是生活在块不同的世界
現今我們是活在不同的世界
[03:24.93]不知影飞凌机何时会搁来
不知飛機何時會再來

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