calibre2001 Posted January 11, 2008 at 11:44 PM Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 at 11:44 PM Her speech starts from 3:00 onwards or thereabouts I have to admit it sounds strange to my ear. What type of accent is her's anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amandagmu Posted January 12, 2008 at 12:21 AM Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 at 12:21 AM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted January 12, 2008 at 01:01 AM Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 at 01:01 AM Probably 海南+上海+SAEnglish accent, non-standard mandarin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ncao Posted January 13, 2008 at 10:18 AM Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 at 10:18 AM To me it sound like a Shanghai accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuchi Posted January 13, 2008 at 06:49 PM Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 at 06:49 PM She was born in shanghai apparently but I couldn't really tell until she started pronouncing words in shanghainese... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaVandez Posted January 16, 2008 at 03:20 AM Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 at 03:20 AM Great video it didn't sound at all weird to me it just sounded like a grieving old woman speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireball9261 Posted January 16, 2008 at 08:41 PM Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 at 08:41 PM 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huisheng Posted February 7, 2008 at 06:13 PM Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 at 06:13 PM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivyliang Posted March 8, 2008 at 07:01 PM Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 at 07:01 PM 汗。。。 I have to say that even we Chinese cannot understand her speech totally... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted March 9, 2008 at 04:58 PM Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 at 04:58 PM 汗。。。 I have to say that even we Chinese cannot understand her speech totally... Why "we Chinese"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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