heifeng Posted July 28, 2006 at 10:01 AM Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 at 10:01 AM Just curious if anyone else has also noticed this... I realized that several of my guy friends out here add a "th" sound to words begining with an "s". i.e. san ends up soundling line "th"an and so forth. At first I thought this was a dialect type issue when I noticed one friend pronouncing words like this, but then I also noticed my other friend, a local Beijing guy, doing this as well. I've never really heard girls speak like this, so I thought it was somewhat interesting and wondered if anyone else noticed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuchi Posted July 28, 2006 at 03:25 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 at 03:25 PM Interestingly enough, a good amount of chinese non native english speakers I know substitute 's' for 'th' in words like "thank" (sank you) or "thing" (the tsing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfconstruct Posted July 28, 2006 at 04:54 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 at 04:54 PM Sometimes I have students who do this. As far as I can tell it's a lisp (chi lei gan in Cantonese). It's a boon as "th" comes naturally (but the "s" is a hard habit to break). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted July 29, 2006 at 04:59 AM Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 at 04:59 AM hmm it doesn't really seem like a lisp. Also I've noticed that the more beers that go into these guys the more they like to over-emphasis this th, even branching off to words beginning with a "c"..somewhat interesting to witness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimcat Posted August 2, 2006 at 02:01 PM Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 at 02:01 PM Beijing guys like to pronounce θ especially when they speak with fervor, but girls don't. For it is inelegant of she to talk like that. I believe it belongs to social dialect in Beijing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amego Posted August 6, 2006 at 05:20 AM Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 at 05:20 AM Interestingly enough, a good amount of chinese non native english speakers I know substitute 's' for 'th' in words like "thank" (sank you) or "thing" (the tsing). Especially "Happy Burstday To You!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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