Shanghai dialect is the core of Shanghai, without Shanghai dialect then there's no Shanghai culture. If you are not raised in Shanghai, you will never understand the meaning of being Shanghainess. There's something about Shanghai that only we - Shanghainess could understand.
BTW - when I wrote above, I don't mean to look down to any people.
hog4oc: Shanghai dialect is the core of Shanghai, without Shanghai dialect then there's no Shanghai culture. If you are not raised in Shanghai, you will neve ...
We are not talking bad or good here. If you understand that you will never get inside of Shanghainese circle, you will feel Ok. Just me, I understand that I will never get inside of Cantonese speaker people because deeply I'm not part of them.