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RandomChurn t1_j0kp1fo wrote

Traditionally, Chinese restaurants are. Call around

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Beebeeleen t1_j0l9qaf wrote

You just reminded me of the scene from A Christmas Story where the owner of Chop Suey Palace tries to correct his employees' singing, "...not ra ra ra ra ra, la la la la la sing like this..."

80s nostalgia at its finest.

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lawngoon t1_j0lxro0 wrote

Yes it is incredibly racist in retrospect. But still funny

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Beebeeleen t1_j0lyvpq wrote

Have you ever heard adult Mandarin speakers with recent exposure to English? I ask because many will pronounce the "L" sound as "R"

It is a linguistic phenomenon having to do with phonemes (mental sound patterns) and phonetics (sound production).

In daily speech, we refer to that phenomenon as an "accent."

I reject the claim that the depiction was racist.

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lawngoon t1_j0m34wt wrote

I have spoken two Chinese persons who have a different opinion. We do agree it’s funny though

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Beebeeleen t1_j0mffle wrote

Yea, it was a funny scene.

A sample size of two people would be insufficient to discuss speech patterns occurring across millions of speakers. My claim about accents is well-documented among linguists who study languages. The L for R occurs with frequency among Native speakers of languages in China who later in life learn to speak English (please note my initial claim was concerning Mandarin but the link below discusses pronunciation difficulties for Cantonese speakers).

https://www.accent-american.com/2018/11/27/the-top-five-difficulties-chinese-speakers-have-when-pronouncing-american-english/

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This link below concerns Mandarin speakers learning English (who might pronounce the English L sound as N)

http://www.academypublication.com/issues2/tpls/vol08/11/12.pdf

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zjanderson t1_j0l63nd wrote

Can confirm. Got sick on Xmas last year (not Covid) and ordered Chinese.

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BuntCarf t1_j0lg3ml wrote

Woah if it wasn't covid then what was it?? Omg thats so insane that you got sick last year and it wasn't from covid!! Thank JESUS for the CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!

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mongees t1_j0liltq wrote

Odd way to mention it was an odd way of mentioning it lol

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BuntCarf t1_j0lis0j wrote

Why are people downvoting the invocation and blessing of our lord?? I wasn't being sarcastic im genuinely thankful for this child of God

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beauford3641 t1_j0udffe wrote

Definitely depends on the restaurant though. There aren't a whole lot of them in my neck of the woods, up in the northern part of the state. Chan's and Asia Grille are the closest for me, and both have been closed on Christmas day.

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