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By Joanna Stern 
posted May 30th 2010 4:02PM
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It's been a long time since I studied Chinese but I think you got the first accent wrong....
@Old fogie late bloomer actually its correct...
@Old fogie late bloomer Well, it's correct as Mll4eveR already said, but when spoken out loud, you actually use the 2nd tone on the "Ni" because when two 3rd tones follow one another, the 1st of them is converted into a 2nd tone! ;)
@XiaoBao
Ah, alright then. I remember the "Ni" having a rising tone, which is what I think you're saying. But it was over 10 years ago when I took freshman Chinese in my senior year of HS, so like I said, it's been a while. :)
@Old fogie late bloomer what are you guys talking about , look closely! Ni is having the second tone , it is correct. i am chinese o.o
is there a page on engadget that lists all the upcoming trade events that they will be at this year?
No Foxconn?
@JeremyBenthem
As far as I know Foxconn only works on contract. They manufacture but they don't develop themselves. But you can be almost certain that all of the companies listed above have some Foxconn parts in it.
@SeeKo actually Foxxconn does have their own brand of motherboards for those who still build their own systems. At least they used too.
@desmo
They still do, they released a p55 mobo just last year.
@SeeKo
someone's misinformed
http://www.newegg.com/store/Brand.aspx?Brand=2136&name=The-FOXCONN-Store-at-Newegg
*Taiwanese
@xKNGx
actually, Taiwanese people speak Mandarin but most people call it "Chinese"
Not including the indigenous and dialects. Mandarin is the most spoken
@xKNGx Many/most people in Taiwan speak Mandarin, and even the more localized dialect spoken there commonly known as "Taiwanese" is a form of Chinese since it's one of the "Southern Min" dialects from the south of China and is spoken in parts of southern Fujian province, which not so coincidentally happens to be across the river from Taiwan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Nan
So even if they were speaking in "min nan hua" it'd still be a Chinese language. There are indigenous Taiwanese people, but very, very, very few people in Taiwan speak those languages (for some indigenous languages literally only 20-something people still know how to speak them).
@xKNGx
Sorry for the confusion in my post.
Mandarin is indeed the best description for the language spoken there.
I've misread.
@xKNGx Anthropologists would classify 98% of Taiwanese as "ethnically Han Chinese", the other 2% being aborigines under "Pacific Islanders".
It's common outside of Europe and its colonies to have distinct ethnic and political groupings. The concept of a "nation-state" or nationalism, where political legitimacy derives from ethnic background is an European concept that got spread to other countries, for better or for worse.
@tekdemon Actually the "Taiwanese dialect" you are talking about is as intelligible to one who speaks only Mandarin as Standard German is to an average American! The term "Chinese dialect" is a misnomer, as the relationship among these dialects is more like that of Romance languages than British English to American English. On the other hand, I think you will find more Taiwanese-speaking people in the south.
@Tyranno
True true, I live in KHH and the locals even speak Chinese differently than the North. The South isnt the best place to learn to speak Chinese cause of how thick a lot of the accents are because of Taiwanese spoke at home with Ama and Agong
Cant wait for the i7 M11x :D
So based on the timezone, does that mean the news should start flowing in by 9 pm eastern tonight?
@rwalrond
If your right its in 5 hours for me:]
@JonnyB
It would be the same amount of time for everyone...
@violaguy5
Lol really?
should be 你好！Foxconn is in the mainland of China.
@childhood but its gonna attend computex 2010 in taipei.
@childhood actually Foxconn's headquarters and "anchored" company are taiwanese
@childhood
Foxconn is a Taiwanese company....... they just make use of mainland labour to make money.
@JeremyBenthem yes foxconn...
mind my dumbness, but when i first read tabletex, i read table-tex instead of tablet-ex
@shithead
that makes two of us :)
woo for potential new tech that will put me off whatever I'm planning on buying right now!
Please tell me you're going to pay a visit to the Windows 7 Cafe.
@Mike
Even better is KLC (Kentucky Licken Chicken) a.k.a. KFC
'Nu Ro Fan' with a Bo Ba Nai Chai, Simple, tasty and refreshing. You sweating yet?
go do some shenzi hands on too, okay? :P
Please report on all the new x86 tablets out there. Especially the ones with a good screen (ips + no glare) because so far even the exoslate has been lacking in that department.
Hi engadget editors, I would like more news from MSI and Asus thank you!
Just give me all the tablet news and let me know how I get it from China.
I dont think the Taiwanese uses ping yin though....
@ineser No they don't. They use a far superior system called bu pa mu fa. It uses phonetic characters and is great.
And if you're going to get tea get zen zu nai cha.
Don't forget to have a gwa bau!! Seriously, you're missing out and you don't even know!!!!
@SubEffect
Taiwanese have used various types of pinyin for years, but yes they use zhuyin fuhao (bopopmofo) more frequently. It's not an issue of superiority, as both express almost exactly the same sounds.
On the mainland, zhuyin Fuhao is basically unheard of, and hanyu pinyin is standard. Again, nothing to do with superiority or inferiority, just an option (one of numerous).
@BubbaJ I meant I personally found it superior when I lived there and was trying to learn Mandarin. Using a Latin alphabet just confused me!
Ok, time for some more college laptop choices. Maybe they'll make the M11x refresh actually worthy of its price... that'd be nice. Throw an i5 and Optimus in for under $1k and it would be back up to the top of my list. As it stands, I'm leaning more Samsung.
Can't wait to see the new Asus models
Have been waiting forever now
Don't forget that tomorrow is Memorial Day. There are more important things than computers on that day.
All you have to do is thank those that gave their lives for their country, regardless of your particular ideologies. Remember, America is cool. We have more gadgets and gizmos than anyone on the planet...except maybe japan, Korea,and chingity Chang Chong china.
damnit, I was just in Taipei 2 days ago... Hey Engadget, want to hire me as a guide? I'll gladly fly back, my bags are already (still) packed!
check out all the night markets while you're there
你好 You good.
I hope to finally be able to check out this time. I've been in living in Taipei for 2 years now but have yet to go to Computex. I regularly visit Guang Hua though and I'm a huge fan of the place. :)
If you are unable to come here in person, you can always join the Virtual Computex established by the Taipei Computer Association (TCA). http://www.computex.biz/computex2010_3D/
BTW, they are also having a lucky draw for a free iPad for those who attend before June 5th @4:00pm (GMT+8)