How do you whisper in Chinese?
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Is “whispering in Chinese” a euphemism? Give someone some Chinese whispering? I’d suggest you direct this question to Nevada governor hopeful Mimi Miyagi.
It’s a tonal language. How you gonna do tones in a whisper?
I can’t really explain how it is possible, but it is possible. The tone range gets much narrower, but the tones are still there. I could demonstrate this for you, but can’t really describe it very well. I think in part also stress patterns and speech rhythms stand in for tone when you whisper in Chinese. Does that make sense?
Should we pass a law that prohibits people who cannot whisper in a tonal language from holding a job?
I figured there had to be a way. How could a culture develop without whispering?
Here’s a scholarly answer to the question: http://pinyin.info/news/2006/toneless-whispers-and-tonal-languages/.
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