HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoImaging singing Happy Birthday to herlemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down14
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageImaging singing Happy Birthday to herlemmy.worldHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoNot in the implied intonation. Chinese is a language where tone matters. So something like “hey” and “heyyyyyyyy” would be different words.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThis is true in all Chinese languages when spoken normally but Mandarin (unlike Cantonese) ignores tone in singing. Pretty sure the name is Mandarin
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWhen people say Chinese, it’s almost implied to be Mandarin. You are correct in both singing and that I was referring to mandarin. Technically mandarin and canto are both dialects of Chinese. Mandarin is just the official dialect
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoAnd since the post was about singing, your whole argument is flawed. Checkmate atheist
Not in the implied intonation. Chinese is a language where tone matters. So something like “hey” and “heyyyyyyyy” would be different words.
This is true in all Chinese languages when spoken normally but Mandarin (unlike Cantonese) ignores tone in singing. Pretty sure the name is Mandarin
When people say Chinese, it’s almost implied to be Mandarin. You are correct in both singing and that I was referring to mandarin. Technically mandarin and canto are both dialects of Chinese. Mandarin is just the official dialect
And since the post was about singing, your whole argument is flawed. Checkmate atheist