c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 1 Mark MacKinnon, Mandarin pushing out Cantonese. Globe and Mail (Toronto),
Nov. 20, 2009.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/mandarin-pushing-out-cantonese/article1372429/
("Mandarin – a mixture of Beijing dialect and the Manchurian-inflected
language used in imperial circles during the Ming and Qing dynasties")
Note:
(a) Rao Yuansheng 饒原生, who authored 粵港口頭禪趣解 (廣州: 嶺南美術, 1992).
(b) Ching May-bo 程美寶
(c) To inflect (transitive verb) is defined as "to affect or alter
noticeably : influence < | w****q
发帖数: 712 | 2 Mandarin > Cantonese, yup is true, but if you know both *caugh* like me *
caugh*, why would you care? :-) | c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 3 I am proud of being able to speak Cantonese. I once hoped that my children
would be able to, too. However, I am still single, do not intend ot get
married, and most likely have no children.
Before 1997, I wished to visit Hong Kong. On my way back to Taiwan in 1991,
the British consulate in Boston, as far as I can recall, told me that if I
would stay only two days in Hong Kong, it would be easy; but that if more
than 48 hours, my application would need to be approved by London. I decided
against
【在 w****q 的大作中提到】
: Mandarin > Cantonese, yup is true, but if you know both *caugh* like me *
: caugh*, why would you care? :-)
| i**w
发帖数: 53 | 4 For individuals, the more languages you know the better.
For human, language"s" were created to stop the Babel project.
,
decided
China.
【在 c**i 的大作中提到】
: I am proud of being able to speak Cantonese. I once hoped that my children
: would be able to, too. However, I am still single, do not intend ot get
: married, and most likely have no children.
: Before 1997, I wished to visit Hong Kong. On my way back to Taiwan in 1991,
: the British consulate in Boston, as far as I can recall, told me that if I
: would stay only two days in Hong Kong, it would be easy; but that if more
: than 48 hours, my application would need to be approved by London. I decided
: against
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