Originally Posted by
Empty_Cup
Does anybody know if the notes/names/etc. used by GMS are Mandarin, Cantonese, or something else? I thought I read once there was some kind of Southern dialect he used but can't remember.
As for other languages, I totally understand what themeecer is talking about. But more from a "I want to be able to understand you" perspective. Try pronouncing "paprika" with the true Hungarian pronunciation and people will look at you with blank stares.
The Chinese characters are identical for all Chinese dialects. I believe he mainly uses Hokkienese, that's where we get Hao instead of He(hur) for crane, but I'm not 100% about that. I say that because I read somewhere that the hokkien pronounciation of crane was "hao". Where we say "chien" instead of "quan" for the word fist must also be the hokkien or whatever similar southern dialect his family uses. tai peng sin kune appears to be cantonese, since it isn't "tai peng sin chien" or "tai peng shen quan". Other forms and style names are in mandarin, (hua quan, wu xing quan, hsing i ch'uan, t'ai chi ch'uan).
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