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  1. blog: "The Invention of fiào 覅" http://bit.ly/caGEIF my translation of a 新民晚报 article on dialectal characters
  2. translating a fairly simple newspaper article. mostly just for the hell of it.
  3. Here's the link again: http://bit.ly/bb3Hbs
  4. Thanks to whoever pledged to help the second Growing Up With Shanghai. It's not my project but I really want to see it happen.
  5. blog: "yigang yigang yigang," updated with audio. Thanks @sinosplice http://bit.ly/b3mPdT
  6. blog: yígāng yígǎng yîgāng: fun phrases in #Shanghainese http://bit.ly/b3mPdT
  7. RT @KellenParker: help fund archiving the Shanghainese dialect in a creative way http://bit.ly/bb3Hbs
  8. @coolzhaozy 我刚刚看到你的信。谢谢你!
  9. blog: Shanghainese IPA data in Pleco http://bit.ly/9oualr
  10. Setting up the Shanghainese IPA data set as Pleco dictionary. Hooray mobility.
  11. Just updated the Shanghainese IPA pronunciation data. 8000 characters now.
  12. Just heard someone say [ja ɲoŋ, ja ɲoŋ] for 谢谢侬,谢谢侬。interesting elision.
  13. blog: http://bit.ly/aXuXGl Shanghainese used for neighbourhood expo announcement (with audio)
  14. just learned that the Wu blog looks great on an iPad. legible and everything.
  15. My OS X Sinitic IPA keyboard layout now available for download. http://www.sinoglot.com/wu/tools/ipa-keys/
  16. Shanghainese Fridays return - 听是听得懂一眼眼,讲讲勿来个。tʰin zɿ tʰin təˀ toŋ iɪˀ ŋɛ ŋɛ, kɑ̃ kɑ̃ vəˀ lɛ gəˀ. http://is.gd/bNRL2 #xingqihu
  17. RT @Uln CHINAYOUREN: Language Thursdays: Shanghainese Writing. http://bit.ly/aVCRCZ
  18. had a conversation with a woman who literally couldn't make it two sentences without reverting to Shanghainese. see? it even happens here.
  19. pretty happy with this week's upcoming #xingqihu post (#shanghainese saturday). won't fit in a tweet though…
  20. #Shanghainese Saturday is back starting this week at Annals of Wu. This time around were doing whole sentences w/ explanation. #xingqihu