The peripatetic ramblings of a peripathetic rambler
Friday, May 2, 2008
Tour Guide Chinglish
This tour guide was so confident with his English, but his pronunciation was simply terrible. For example, for "Chinese" he'd say "Chess". Here is a short video:
(million) Census 2000 Shanghai 14.2 Beijing 10.3 Guangzhou [Canton] 7.5 Tianjin [Tientsin] 6.8 Wuhan 6.7 Shenzhen 6.4 Chongqing [Chungking] 5.1 Shenyang 4.6 Chengdu [Chengtu] 4.3 Foshan 4.0 Xi'an [Sian] {Xian} 3.9 Dongguan 3.9 Nanjing [Nanking] 3.8 Harbin 3.6 Hangzhou [Hangchou] 3.2 Shantou 3.1 Dalian [Dairen] 2.9 Jinan 2.8 As Jinan's population is now estimated at 5.9m it is fair to double all these figures for current population. Latest estimate for whole of China: 1,300 million
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