Smart light does not recognize Ningbo Putonghua
A video on Douyin of an older woman speaking Ningbo variety Putonghua (standard Mandarin). She has difficulty making a smart light change color (变颜色) because it does not recognize her accent. We discussed Ningbo Putonghua in Ling 212. This is an example of the interplay between technology and standard language ideology since a speaker of "standard Putonghua" (as opposed to regional Putonghua) would have an easier time using the speaker.
Citation: Zhao and Liu. 2021. (Standard) language ideology and regional Putonghua in Chinese social media: a view from Weibo. [Published on 11-14-2022]