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If you could speak Chinese, would you prefer Cantonese or Mandarin? ~

Posted - January 9, 2018
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  • 13071
    Mandarin. Orange you glad I didnt say Cantonese?
      January 9, 2018 10:56 PM MST
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  • 53504
    You Cantonese? Then why did you ask me for a tissue?

    ~
      January 9, 2018 10:59 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Because thats snot the question. ;+
      January 9, 2018 11:00 PM MST
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  • 53504


      If you're someone who nose the answer, answer the question. If not, don't stick your nose in it.  Butt out. 
    ~
      January 11, 2018 6:06 AM MST
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  • 1812
    What's this about sticking a nose in a butt?
      January 11, 2018 6:09 AM MST
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  • 53504



      No, no, no, no!  You've got it all wrong, it's butting a sticky nose out of a this. 
    ~
      January 11, 2018 6:10 AM MST
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  • 7683
    I prefer tangerine;))
      January 9, 2018 10:56 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Orange you glad you didnt say Mandarin. ;)
      January 9, 2018 11:01 PM MST
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  • 7683
    I would rather claim to be a clementine;))
      January 9, 2018 11:04 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Yes, they have more a peel. ;)
      January 9, 2018 11:07 PM MST
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  • 7683
    Indeed...sweeter than a sour apple;))
      January 9, 2018 11:10 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Definitely does citric. ;) 
      January 9, 2018 11:14 PM MST
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  • Mandarin would be more useful since it's spoken by more people, but I prefer Cantonese because of its preservation of final consonants. Mandarin has a much narrower phonotaxis. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at January 11, 2018 6:04 AM MST
      January 9, 2018 11:00 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Neat. ;)
      January 9, 2018 11:01 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Tangelo,
    minneola,
    clementine,
    mandarin,
    honeybell,
    dekopon,
    tangor,
    temple, and
    ugli
    are all the same fruit.
      January 10, 2018 9:29 PM MST
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  • 5835
    I once bought a course to learn Chinese. The first 13 lessons were on how to draw the characters.

    A few years later I signed up for an online thingy and worked on it for a couple of months. I learned something like 200 words. No clue about sentence structure, verbs or nuthin. Just words. (Did you know 'explode' is a valid Chinese cooking term?)
      January 10, 2018 9:33 PM MST
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