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Re:Beijing says 400 million Chinese cannot speak Mandarin by schuke on Friday September 06, 2013 @12:37PM (#6341286)
I think you mean Beijing accent. By Chinese standards if one speaks Mandarin with an accent as heavy as Scottish accent is to English, she is deemed to speak Madarin not well enough.
Re:Beijing says 400 million Chinese cannot speak Mandarin by newman314 on Friday September 06, 2013 @01:30PM (#6341569)
But I like the Scottish accent! Understanding someone from Arberdeen is tough though.