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Andrew

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Post by Andrew »

Just got my two volumes of Bodman's Spoken Amoy Hokkien. It's quite good - although some things are pretty elementary to start with, even from the start there are Amoy constructions and vocabulary that I have never come across.

The romanisation is strange, but I finally understand where one newer member of the board got his tone markings from!
Mark Yong
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Post by Mark Yong »

Hi, Andrew,

I think you are referring to me... :D Yep, that's where I got my tone markings from! I do concede that Bodman isn't exactly the best reference for Amoy, but I found that it is a nice repository of day-to-day words and phrases, many of which I never/seldom encountered in my exposure to Penang Hokkien.

Cheers,
Mark.
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