[komali2]

>mando

Is it a regional norm around you to refer to Mandarin as "Mando?" Never heard of this in my life...

[awad]

As a counter-point I've always heard them shortened to Mando and Canto (as in, "do you speak Mando, Canto, or both?") amongst Asian-American friends. Never thought anything of it really.

[omosubi]

I've heard this a lot, especially when referring to both Mandarin and Cantonese, ie. Mando and canto

[philsnow]

I've heard chinese pop music referred to as either c-pop or mando-pop

[jaxbot]

My Chinese friends do. Not sure if regional. I think it's just the logical shortening when the other option is 'canto', but it doesn't really make sense.