Re: Learning a language

From: LEE Sau Dan (danlee_at_informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 07/01/04 

Date: 01 Jul 2004 10:20:45 +0200

>>>>> "Rex" == Rex F May <rex.may@comcast.net> writes:

    Rex> After everything else, too, isn't it? 'xi' involves no
    Rex> change in tongue position, at least. It seems to me that
    Rex> Mandarin hates to change mouth position within a word.

Yeah. I have that impression, too. So, don't pronounce "shi" with
rounded lips. A Mandarin speaker says "shi" with the lips wide open
throughout the whole syllable. 

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