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switches his n and l all the time.

Lu, I'd have thought what you're talking about there is more like accent than PTH capability. Here
in the UK, most people in scotland can hardly be said to be speaking with a standard english
accent. But they're speaking english nonetheless. Personally at least, even if they had a VERY
strong accent that I found difficult to understand, I'd still say they were speaking english
unless they were using scot-specific words alot



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Lu -

I should have phrased that differently. Most people, especially young and educated people, speak
putonghua, but many people, including young and educated people, have a local, non-standard accent
to their putonghua, which sometimes makes them hard to understand. It is generally not a good idea
for a foreigner to pick up such an accent. It can easily get them either laughed at or
misunderstood in other parts of China.












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