Why is it that I've been learning Cantonese for so much longer and yet find Mandarin so much easier to understand? :-<
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I've never tried Cantonese, so I don't know the answer. 
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It just feels like they speak more slowly and more clearly so I can pick up individual words and tell them apart very easily. Could be my imagination.
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Nope, it wasn't my imagination. I went back and listened to the Cantonese conversations. Not only do they speak faster but they also pronounce things a lot less clearly than what I'd expect, maybe because of the "lazy sound" phenomenon.
...I still like Cantonese more, though.
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