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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 7:51 pm
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Modern Beijingers can actually change from their Beijing accent to normal putonghua accent.

Not just the Beijingers in fact, the northerners have a strong accent and they tend to pull their accent upwards towards the end of the sentence.

Southerners don't.
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