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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (35555)	7/1/2003 12:53:58 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

KastelCo, <<Does this mean someone that can't carry a tune can't speak Mandarin or Cantonese ?>> No, but it does mean when and if folks run out of things to learn, they can consider taking up Mandarin ;0) An observation: in Asia, I have heard a lot of popular Chinese pop songs in Madarin (4 tones) and more especially Cantonese (8 tones), but never ever in other dialects (Fujianese, Shanghainese, Hunanese, ...) Chugs, Jay

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (35555)	7/1/2003 10:37:48 AM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

I think that's right. I'm a music nut; I compose while I'm out walking not that my compositions are worth writing down. I found the four tones of Mandarin easy as can be. People less tuned to music surely find it much more difficult. However it's not obvious that more intellectual effort is involved in conversing in Mandarin rather than English. Distinguishing a rising pitch from a falling one is something like maintaining your balance; it's largely automatic, not like understanding relativity.