The Pekinese are well known as jelever talkers and so get the nick-ime ching yui tu CRE) "The ily (mouthed) men from the al," while the volubility of the in:
bit ants of Tientsin is expressed the term Wei toni tzu (LIME), lip (talkative)' men of Tien:
'Tientsin being formerly a el or walled place). 'The Pekinese are, however, acknowledged to be superior in t tand a phrase frequently' heat Shih ko wei taut tou"
Ten lip (talkative) men of Tientsin Ti pu kwo (BIB) are not equal to I ko ching yui tzu (—9biM'F) one oily (mouthed) man from Peking. A similar phrase is used when com-ring, the inhabitants of Hupeh with those of Hsianyin in Hunan, term for men from Pao:
Kou twei t= (WWbd!) "dos Ie Jowing to the fact that many chair carriers used to come from the place, and their profession tends to curved.
The district between Chihli, Hopet, and Shangtung had the reputation
morals and the saying goes ein somewhat loose in its Chih, Ping Yao Chan (4e19) In Chi Ping Yao Chan Pino tahang wan (IRE) there fare over 10,000 "Indies Bue shih pu' kan CHIAM) if this Strange Talkers Non King Chi Chow CNMI) try Nan Kung, Chi Chou, A common term for the Southerners is man nian tt (iHMEF), "the strange speaking people from the South," which doubtless originates from the fact that the Fukien, Can ton and other Southern dialects are quite unintelligible to the people of the "North, and this difference of language i also responsible for the phrase.
San ko mon teu ti i ko tu toa Salt FaR—aiiiA) "Thee. Sone themers are equal to (make as ich noise as) a big, bel."
The Southerners. reply, with Pei Kwa teu, CMF) "The uncouth Northerner."
Following this we have ion man teu (MUSE), "The salt-eating Southerner" and La Kwa tw CMF), "The condi-dent loving Northerner."
Though this well known' saying Nan hao tien (Witst) The Sou-themers like sweet things, Pei hao helen Cath) the Nor-themers salty: ones, Twig hao ta (HFI¥) the men in the East are condiment eaters, Hei hao swan (BHF) but those from the West Jike sour things. A better description is Nan pien hao hsia yn (iRtr In the South there is rain, Pei pien hao kua feng (cehtssi8h in the North there is wind.
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