<p>No, it is the standard mandarin pronunciation, possibly, you hear (?yuen), misheard this as gen.</p>

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<p>The pronunciation of &quot;gen&quot; is similar to &quot;跟&quot; and &quot;根&quot;, but the author says &quot;yuan&quot; = 元.</p>

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<p>Watching this YouTube video: <a href="https://youtu.be/jPQ4zPjV2gQ?t=70" rel="nofollow noreferrer">20121114 03 湖南 湖南一男子下班开滑翔伞回家 笑言空中无红灯</a>
@ ~1:10 the reporter says, what sounds to me like:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>滑翔伞只要两万余元(gen)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>then a second later he goes on:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>加上动力机器只要六万余元(gen)</p>
</blockquote>
<hr />
<p>Looking at the Wiki page for <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B9%98%E8%AF%AD" rel="nofollow noreferrer">湘语</a> it does note that:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>元 ŋuĩ</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The pronunciation of 元 in Xiang has an ŋ inital.</p>
<hr />
<p>Is this just a mishap mashup of:</p>
<ul>
<li>Initial ŋ from Xiang 元</li>
<li>Final uan from, attempted, MSM 元</li>
</ul>
<p>That results in a gen sounding pronunciation for 元? Seems plausible to me.</p>
<p>Is this a feature of Xiang pidgin, 湘普, (the mix of Xiang and MSM)?</p>

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2021-06-04T13:46:37.753Z
The reporter's y sounds like [ʝ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_fricative) or [ɟ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_plosive) to me, not /g/
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Not sure if this is relevant, but I have noticed exactly the same pronunciation before, but I'm not sure exactly where, except that it was a Taiwanese news broadcast. My guess is that it's a personal idiosyncrasy of some kind rather than an accent, but I could be wrong.
Olle Linge
<pronunciation>
Xiang-affected Mandarin: 元 read, gen?
# Xiang-affected Mandarin: 元 read, gen?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-02)

Watching this YouTube video: [20121114 03 湖南 湖南一男子下班开滑翔伞回家 笑言空中无红灯](https://youtu.be/jPQ4zPjV2gQ?t=70)
@ ~1:10 the reporter says, what sounds to me like:

> 滑翔伞只要两万余元(gen)

then a second later he goes on:

> 加上动力机器只要六万余元(gen)

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Looking at the Wiki page for [湘语](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B9%98%E8%AF%AD) it does note that:

> 元 ŋuĩ

The pronunciation of 元 in Xiang has an ŋ inital.

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Is this just a mishap mashup of:

* Initial ŋ from Xiang 元
* Final uan from, attempted, MSM 元

That results in a gen sounding pronunciation for 元? Seems plausible to me.

Is this a feature of Xiang pidgin, 湘普, (the mix of Xiang and MSM)?

**Tags:** pronunciation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The reporter's y sounds like [ʝ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_fricative) or [ɟ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_plosive) to me, not /g/  
> **username_2**: Not sure if this is relevant, but I have noticed exactly the same pronunciation before, but I'm not sure exactly where, except that it was a Taiwanese news broadcast. My guess is that it's a personal idiosyncrasy of some kind rather than an accent, but I could be wrong.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2022-04-26. Score: 1

No, it is the standard mandarin pronunciation, possibly, you hear (?yuen), misheard this as gen.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2022-05-28. Score: 0

The pronunciation of "gen" is similar to "跟" and "根", but the author says "yuan" = 元.

> **Comments:**
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### Answer by username_6 on 2022-10-25. Score: 0

This is offered for information only.

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