00	I	Have you been to China?
01	S	Er yes, I've been to Beijing and ... Shanghai.
03	I	Right. Could you be understood in [ Beijing?
04	S	[ Ah yes, they're quite amazed at ...
06		I mean, because obviously I don't look Chinese ...
08		they they are amazed I can actually speak it.
10		And to them, my accent is ... the correct ... accent.
14	I	Right.
14	S	You know, and what they speak the putonghua is ...
17		the non ... er formal Chinese.
20	I	Right.
20	S	Yeah.
20	I	So the accent in ... in Beijing is ... a little bit strange [ is it?
24	S	[ Yeah, it's very guttural, and they speak from ...
26		like really the back of the throat.
28	I	Did you have difficulty understanding them?
30	S	Er no not not not ... not initia.. er yes initially,
33		but after a while then I I I ... I sort of understood ... erm
35		yeah how to differentiate certain words.
38	I	Right.
38	S	Yeah.
38	I	How long did you stay in Beijing?
41	S	Er, usually ... er when I do go it's like ...
43		when I did go now and then it would be ...
45		from two ... from three to maybe five days.
48	I	Right.
		(Note: putonghua = "spoken Chinese" (lit. "common speech"))