Cross Talk / comic dialogue / xiangsheng in Beijing Accent (mandarin) with SUBTITLES--北京相声

[binloveh92]

So, what is the difference between Beijing accent and Shanghai accent?.

[Lordofthenipplerings]

Beijing dialect is what Mandarin is essentially based off of. Not everyone can speak Mandarin like the people of Beijing, but its not too off based. The er sounds more proper and sophisticated, but few really try to adopt that sound just to pretend they were from Beijing.

[HanQ]

...so which one is beijing

[geolog12]

@HanQ The one on the left with the narrow face.

[justmine4me]

@geolog12 So what Mandarin accent does the shorter guy have?

[LUCASzihao]

@justmine4me he has no accent we called that 普通话 meaning normal mandarin

[justmine4me]

@LUCASzihao Thanks! More questions. 1) If you speak Putonghua all of the time, is it awkard or too artificial/textbook-like? 2) On a scale of 0 to 100 (100 being exactly the same), how much is Beijinghua different from Putonghua? 3) Which one should I learn?

[LUCASzihao]

@justmine4me soo.. since ur a foreigner i suggest u to start from putonghau thats the official way to speak. plus everyone will understant u.  im from Beijing, u know what, we consider Beijijng hua as Putonghua sometimes, haha but honestly they sound mabye 65% the same. but there is one thing you should know, the accent is involved with the cultuer, so its kinda hard to really understant what they mean or why we use that( i mean the accent) Beijing accent sounds better though.

[LUCASzihao]

@justmine4me oh  the first question.. think about british acccent, or those news hosts im just guessing

[macbuut]

老爷子蔫坏，太有意思了