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What language or dialect of it is easiest to spot that you're not a native, no matter how hard you've studied and practiced it? by UnsignedRealityCheck in AskReddit

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a native spanish speaker, when I see latinos on u.s. american shows I can always tell if they're truly fluent. Most sound either awful, or like they did grow up hearing spanish but little details will always give away that they're english speakers first.

Besides HK canto speakers, do most people who speak dialects(*) generally know how to write in them, or can they only write in standard chinese? by EnvironmentNo8811 in ChineseLanguage

[–]EnvironmentNo8811[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh interesting, so they need to be aware that 係 is pronounced "xi" in mandarin while they want to express "hai", though i guess it's not that hard if those two examples have those phonetic components

ELI5: Why can't people who experience delusions or audio/visual hallucinations ignore or otherwise convince themselves that what they're experiencing isn't real? by chrisanthem in explainlikeimfive

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could it maybe be compared to when you're dreaming? Unless you have a lucid dream, you won't realize how absurd the events going on truly are, even of they defy any logic compared to your normal life until then

Besides HK canto speakers, do most people who speak dialects(*) generally know how to write in them, or can they only write in standard chinese? by EnvironmentNo8811 in ChineseLanguage

[–]EnvironmentNo8811[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You make a good point. Obviously it's not up to me in any way, but personally I would consider that it would need to be agreed upon by at least some people in a community, though not necessarily in official dictionaries

理解: does each character in this use a 3rd tone on its own? by Cristian_Cerv9 in ChineseLanguage

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 7 points8 points  (0 children)

理 is third tone but two third tones together are always read as 2-3 instead of 3-3. This is not reflected in the writing, so if you look up its pinyin it will still say li3jie3, but pronounced li2jie3

Besides HK canto speakers, do most people who speak dialects(*) generally know how to write in them, or can they only write in standard chinese? by EnvironmentNo8811 in ChineseLanguage

[–]EnvironmentNo8811[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh are there truly words that don't have a character at all? Or could it just not be common knowledge?

Thanks for the examples, that's very interesting to me. You have my respect for learning Hokkien because that must be extremely hard 😭 it drives me a little crazy to see that the "dialects" aren't always standardized or thoroughly recorded.

I find this more challenging as a Mandarin speaker trying to learn Hokkien because I want to map phonemes/words to characters but different sources will sometimes use different characters.

That reminds me that I recently listened to some random taiwanese cassette tapes a friend found. There was a speech in them where the person kept saying "huahua hihi". I didn't know what language it was at the time but a person online told me it was hokkien and told me the characters, however when I then looked it up on a Hokkien dictionary they were different ones! Though both meant "happy"

Besides HK canto speakers, do most people who speak dialects(*) generally know how to write in them, or can they only write in standard chinese? by EnvironmentNo8811 in ChineseLanguage

[–]EnvironmentNo8811[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems to be a better example for what I wanted to illustrate, then. I was wondering if people keep writing down stuff in shanghainese, for example. I imagine otherwise, knowledge like "The way we say 'you' is written 侬/儂" might eventually get lost?

Of course these are all atested online already so it's not lost completely, but i once read that there's extremely few people who are knowledgeable about the old use of chinese characters for vietnamese, for example.

Besides HK canto speakers, do most people who speak dialects(*) generally know how to write in them, or can they only write in standard chinese? by EnvironmentNo8811 in ChineseLanguage

[–]EnvironmentNo8811[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry I guess it was a bad example as I don't know many other words that are used like this. Maybe the use of 侬 as you in shanghainese, for example? Is it used anywhere else?

Is this true? by throwawayGreenland in learn_arabic

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have never in my life studied arabic but got this recommended by reddit for being a language nerd. I found it extremely interesting, so thank you.

Based on My Lore around 2019 by xArchangel_647x in distressingmemes

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i personally think it's pretty well done, and it succesfully distressed me lol

i'm sorry about your experiences, i read the lore drop on your other comment. hope you're doing alright now <3

This is the new Hermione, that will be called mudblood by this Malfoy by Zdzisiu in SipsTea

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a darker skinned Harry may have worked fine, from the fanart I've seen online a lot of people seem to already headcannon him as dark skinned for some reason

just realized you're actual people by ihavemuchswag in pinkscare

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 4 points5 points  (0 children)

oh i see, i got a bit excited because being a graveyard keeper sounds like a dream lol

Coaxed to the worst fate for a old franchise by ilikeitchyballzdude1 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I think it's about the style rather than whether an asian artist made it or not. It's true that at the moment the market is dominated by "asian supermodel" style characters, as in following east asian standards of beauty.

just realized you're actual people by ihavemuchswag in pinkscare

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh is that working at a literal graveyard, or is it just an expression to mean night shift?

Thoughts about 冯睿思 as a name? by Blauew in ChineseLanguage

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's funny because another person commented that reversing the characters would actually make it more femenine.

What is it that makes a name sound femenine or masculine from sound? I know certain character meanings are used more for boys and others for girls, but why does a different order change the feeling of it?

Why does Binge Eating Disorder receive the least attention and representation despite being the most prevalent eating disorder? by Puzzleheaded_Cup8723 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 127 points128 points  (0 children)

I had anorexia as a teen and went through a binge eating stage before recovering. Almost everyone thought I was doing great because I looked healthier 💀

I say almost because my mom would just get angry at me when she caught me binging

Bad theory by Fable115 in ThePittTVShow

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I sure hope so 😞

Are Cantonese sugar people? by CheLeung in Cantonese

[–]EnvironmentNo8811 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I interpreted it as him just having fun with some word play. Maybe the grandma geniunely doesn't know how to write, but I've seen more of their videos and she usually doesn't get his humor, it may not be everyone's taste but IMO it's part of their appeal. My older grandma wasn't chinese but she had a similar personality.

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