“It is the most commonly understood dialect.”
Daniel Schultz
“We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.”
Jane Harman
“The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Promoting Mandarin doesn't mean the authorities will get rid of local dialects.”
Chen Zhangtai
“Most Chinese could only speak one local dialect before 1949 when New China was founded. More and more people are 'bilingual' nowadays, as they can speak both Mandarin and a dialect or a language of an ethnic minority.”
“the so-called ‘Negro dialect’ is simply a variation on the ordinary Southern accent.”
Thomas Sowell
“It's not an easy task for the pandas, as they are already familiar with the Sichuan dialect of their keepers. They need time to improve.”
Li Desheng
