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>mando Is it a regional norm around you to refer to Mandarin as "Mando?" Never heard of this in my life...
by komali2 8y ago
>mando
Is it a regional norm around you to refer to Mandarin as "Mando?" Never heard of this in my life...
- omosubi 8y agoI've heard this a lot, especially when referring to both Mandarin and Cantonese, ie. Mando and canto
- jaxbot 8y agoMy Chinese friends do. Not sure if regional. I think it's just the logical shortening when the other option is 'canto', but it doesn't really make sense.
- philsnow 8y agoI've heard chinese pop music referred to as either c-pop or mando-pop
- awad 8y agoAs a counter-point I've always heard them shortened to Mando and Canto (as in, "do you speak Mando, Canto, or both?") amongst Asian-American friends. Never thought anything of it really.