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16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Awful to the ears of a Cantonese native!,
By Grace Wong (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chinese (Cantonese) (Audio Cassette)
As a Cantonese native speaker born and raised in Hong Kong, I find the recording (the conversations, tones and ways the speakers speak) unnatural, not authentic and to sum up in one word: awful! I felt embarassed as a native Cantonese speaker when I listened to the tapes as the recording sounded ridiculous to me. The expressions used in the recording are dated and are from,I guess, the generation of our grandparents. And the way the speakers speak... I would say you won't hear genuine Cantonese native speakers talk like that in realistic conversation in Hong Kong (well perhaps in Canton they talk like that?!) Perhaps the way the speakers speak (their tempo and intonation etc.) is good for pedagogical sake, that's fine. Just wanna warn those who would like to have "a taste of Cantonese" that Cantonese doesn't sound that awful and ridiculous in real life. Rest assured and go ahead if you want to learn Cantonese, though probably not with this Pimsleur program, Cantonese doesn't sound that ugly at all in real life! |
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Chinese (Cantonese) by Pimsleur (Audio Cassette - February 1, 2001)
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