Nihao/Ninhao or Nonghao? That is the question of questions! The choice is yours!
"Shanghai dialect is the long-lived mother tongue for working people in various districts in Shanghai. And we shall all feel proud of it. " John Gong,the author is an economist based in Beijing. Published by Shanghai Daily on Thursday,Feb. 19,2009 on page A6. I agree with him in toto as a native of Shanghai since 1926. If interested in Sino-American Economics,please visit www.Google.com and search francis shieh for blogs. It is gratifying to read the comments about my native tongue,indeed.
In the old days in the eyes of Shanghainese,you were either from Shanghai or a country bumpkin (somewhat like the Parisian versus the Provinceur cliche in France)
Shanghai is a place you want to call home.
No one knows how much longer Shanghainese can hold out against the onslaught of other dominant dialect such as Cantonese,but it should be guarded as intangible heirloom. More folks speak Wu dialect than Cantonese as per research findings. For detailed explanations,consult "A Glimpse of the Chinese Language" in English at www.rand.org for reference.
Dictyon,the gateway to global languages at www.Dictyon.net,offering Wu dialect,i.e. Shanghai dialect for several years.
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao (or Zia as my Last Name in Wu dialect.) on Thursday,February 19,2009 at 22.38 p.m.
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