Shanghai Airline to broadcast announcements in Shanghai dialect starting New Years Eve
January 19th, 2012 by Key | Posted in Life Style, News | 16 Comments »
Starting from Chinese New Year’s eve (falls on 1/22 this year), Shanghai Airline will try to broadcast inflight announcements in very “rich flavored” Shanghai dialect (Shanghainese) on the returning flights from Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 6 cities. Airline launched “Shanghai Dialect broadcast in the cabin” service, in order to make the passengers on the plane to feel the deep flavor of Shanghai, let the Shanghai-born travelers to feel the warmth of home. Official said, if the trial results were good, we would broadcast in Shanghai dialect on every flight returning Shanghai.
Knowing how to speak Shanghai dialect does not mean it will sound good when broadcasting in it. Yesterday afternoon, the first group of announcers took the training examination. Among which 80 passed the test. The following audio is used for training:
Translation:
Hello dear passengers, ladies and gentlemen, welcome you to our oriental metropolis – Shanghai. Since 1943, Shanghai has always been known as the oriental modern metropolis, with diversity, which gathered cultures of the east and the west. Especially the distinctive shopping, food and tourism, gave Shanghai the name: Pairs of the east. Huaihai Road，Nanjing Road and Xujiahui are all shopping heavens, you can find anything you want to buy! World famous attractions, the Bund, Chenghuang Temple, Pearl of the Orient，Xintiandi and Lujiazui, you must go to all! There are also many tasty foods: Xiaolongbao, braised pork, hairy crab, pan-fried dumplings… taste so good! Dear passengers, do you think Shanghai dialect sounds nice? If you have time in Shanghai, you must go see the Shanghai opera, comedy opera and one-man opera they will make you like our Shanghai even more. Finally, wish you successful at work and have fun in Shanghai.
Tags: Airline, Chinese New Year, Language, race, Shanghai, Shanghainese
“Dear passengers, do you think Shanghai dialect sounds nice?”
No… all Chinese dialects sound ugly. l2speak Mandarin.
fuck you! all chinese dialects sounds better than blowjob putonghua!
Pootonghua is a Chinese dialect, and it sound like crap!!
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So Shanghai became an oriental modern metropolis in 1943, when it was under Japanese occupation? That’s an interesting new interpretation!
The audio said 1843, not 1943.
Happy Chinese new year korean_guy (who actually are an American , India)!
Tap americano
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“Happy Chinese new year korean_guy”
Happy new freaking year to you too Rrhoids!
Why are there so many Chinese in America? Can’t go anywhere without the stupid ass dragon dances and the loud firecrackers! Chinese are the most superstitious group of jackasses in the world with the most despicable food habits on the planet. I really do try to like Chinese (since there are shit load of them on this planet), but since I hate their behaviors, demeanor, their language, food, crappy boring koong foo movies, crappy pop songs, crappy culture. There really is nothing good about Chinese and China.
TAPSUMBONG!
Happy new freaking year to you too Rrhoids!
Why are there so many Indians in America? Can’t go anywhere without the stupid ass dragon dances and the loud firecrackers! Chinese are the most superstitious group of jackasses in the world with the most despicable food habits on the planet. I really do try to like Indians (since there are shit load of them on this planet), but since I hate their behaviors, demeanor, their language, food, crappy boring koong foo movies, crappy pop songs, crappy culture. There really is nothing good about Indians and America .
POPLOPAMERICANO
PowerHemmerrhoidTroll
Atta boy!
Stick to China-zing them posts. Your own posts are garbage.
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Cantonese sound horrible.
So much so it makes the awful Mandarin tolerable.
On second thought both are horrible to the ear.
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American English sound horrible.
So much so it makes the awful Brittish English tolerable.
On second thought both are horrible to the ear.
TAPSUMBONG!
PowerHemmerrhoidTroll
“American English sound horrible.”
Have you heard a Chinese speak in British accent? British accent by a Chinese with Chinese accent should be punishable by death!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-DBeOOSBM
korean_guy
Have you heard a Indian speak in British accent? British accent by a American India with India America accent should be punishable by death!
POPLOPAMERICANO!
PowerHemmerrhoidTroll
“Have you heard a Indian speak in British accent?”
I actually have, and it does not come close to the “abomination of sound” when Chinese speak with a British accent. Indeed it should be punishable by death by a thousand cuts!
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“Have you heard a Indian speak in British accent?”
I actually have too, and it does not come close to the “abomination of sound” when Americans speak with a British accent. Indeed it should be punishable by death by a thousand cuts!
Shanghainese is not a Chinese Dialect. It is infact a separate language based on linguistic definitions.
Shanghainese (otherwise known as Wu) itself has many dialects, eg. Suzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo etc.
Wu did not originate from Mandarin, much like how Cantonese (Yue) did not originate from Mandarin either.
They have a common ancestor. Just like English and German.