“learning the tones of Mandarin Chinese is difficult enough to begin with: you must distinguish between the flat first tone (m), the rising second tone (má ), the dipping third tone (m), and the fast-falling fourth tone (mà ), not… — Fuchsia Dunlop Copy Share Image
“Sichuanese dialect is like Mandarin put through a mangle. So the Mandarin ‘sh’ becomes ‘s’, vowels are stretched out like warm toffee, there are pirate-like rolling ‘r’ sounds at the end of sentences, and no one can tell the difference… — Fuchsia Dunlop Copy Share Image
“The cleaver is not just for cutting. Invert it and its blunt spine can be used to pound meat to a paste for meatballs:… — Fuchsia Dunlop Copy Share Image
“learning the tones of Mandarin Chinese is difficult enough to begin with: you must distinguish between the flat first tone (m), the rising second… — Fuchsia Dunlop Copy Share Image
“Sichuanese dialect is like Mandarin put through a mangle. So the Mandarin ‘sh’ becomes ‘s’, vowels are stretched out like warm toffee, there are… — Fuchsia Dunlop Copy Share Image
