Hofmann Posted August 25, 2010 at 04:28 AM Report Posted August 25, 2010 at 04:28 AM The "ca" in "America" in English is aspirated, so 卡 would be a closer transliteration. Quote
MakMak Posted August 26, 2010 at 12:35 AM Report Posted August 26, 2010 at 12:35 AM Shanghainese.It's pronounced as A me li ka. Quite a lot of modern Mandarin words have their origins in Shanghainese, that even most Shanghainese don't know that such words were originally Shanghainese. MM! Very true. Shanghainese, Cantonese, and Japanese. That's where a lot of it comes from. By the way, I've heard that humor 幽默 and microphone 麥克風 was from shanghainese too, is that true? Quote
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