sm_sung Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:43 PM Report Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:43 PM However, when it comes to one particular language, shouldn't we have a standard? I totally agree with you that there should be an official standard for Putonghua. However, because putonghua is the national language I believe this official standard should also take into account how the language is spoken in the southern parts of China. I'm not talking about different grammatical structures or vocabulary, just accents(slight tone and syllable differences). As long as people understand each other fine, I think small regional differences aren't much of a problem. Quote
sm_sung Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:57 PM Report Posted June 11, 2004 at 11:57 PM The marry/merry anology doesn't hold here coz internationally there isn't a standarded English system all the native speakers agree on. Couldn't this be because its very hard to totally eliminate regional accents, not to mention rather unnecessary? Also, bear in mind that I'm talking about 普通话，not 北京话. It's totally justifiable for Beijinghua to have -er endings everywhere, but since Southerners find this rather strange, it's not considered standard usage in modern Putonghua. Quote
sandra_49202@yahoo.com Posted September 20, 2004 at 11:31 AM Report Posted September 20, 2004 at 11:31 AM What would be the best software to buy so I can read, write chinese. Every time I go to encoding it tell me I need to up grade. Quote
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