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post Jan 1 2011, 12:34 AM

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QUOTE(propertysense @ Dec 31 2010, 08:16 PM)
mandarin is language
the rest like hokkien,cantonese consider as dialect .
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QUOTE(b3ta @ Dec 31 2010, 08:24 PM)
u all noobs

chinese is language

mandarin, canto, hokkien, hakka etc are dialects

btw, mandarin for low class lalas. canto ftw
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Yue(cantonese), Hakka and Min(Hokkien) are not dialects. They are languages in their own right. Just like Wu. The sub-language groups within them are dialects.
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post Jan 1 2011, 12:35 AM

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go Klang, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Penang, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Singapore, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Taiping, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
Go Kuantan, ppl speak to u in Canto/Hakka
go KL/Selangor/Perak, ppl seak to u in Canto
go JB/Melaka, ppl speak to u in Mandarin

TS: only PRC mei mei speak mandarin, k?
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post Jan 1 2011, 12:36 AM

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QUOTE(empirekhoo @ Jan 1 2011, 12:28 AM)
because it sounds cool!! see "lou sai! tapau ...!" compared to "lao ban (wtf!)...."
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lou sai and lao ban not cantonese ?
at hkg tapao will replace by "lor chau".
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post Jan 1 2011, 12:45 AM

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QUOTE(ubsacc2004 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:36 AM)
lou sai and lao ban not cantonese ?
at hkg tapao will replace by "lor chau".
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not "lor chau"...is "hang kai"
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post Jan 1 2011, 12:50 AM

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if you speak in mando, people will think you are from mainland laugh.gif
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post Jan 1 2011, 12:58 AM

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QUOTE(w.j0102 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:35 AM)
go Klang, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Penang, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Singapore, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Taiping, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
Go Kuantan, ppl speak to u in Canto/Hakka
go KL/Selangor/Perak, ppl seak to u in Canto
go JB/Melaka, ppl speak to u in Mandarin

TS: only PRC mei mei speak mandarin, k?
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about penang yeah mostly hokkien
seberang prai got 3 dialects at least teochew, hakka and hokkien.

but if u wait for bus for example at night.. they speak mandarin.. dunno where they come from especially female, girls
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post Jan 1 2011, 01:01 AM

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cantonese is more related to vietnamese than han chinese. thats why they are called yue (viet)
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post Jan 1 2011, 01:03 AM

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QUOTE(hack3line @ Jan 1 2011, 12:58 AM)
about penang yeah mostly hokkien
seberang prai got 3 dialects at least teochew, hakka and hokkien.

but if u wait for bus for example at night.. they speak mandarin.. dunno where they come from especially female, girls
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nite, mando, => prc girls laugh.gif
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post Jan 1 2011, 01:22 AM

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I hope parents would speak to their kids with own native dialect to their kids, then using mandarin

they think using mandarin with their kids will have an edge in school...


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post Jan 2 2011, 07:28 AM

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QUOTE(sanders @ Jan 1 2011, 01:01 AM)
cantonese is more related to vietnamese than han chinese. thats why they are called yue (viet)
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The viet yue is 越.
The cantonese yue is 粵.

They are different.
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QUOTE(ubsacc2004 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:36 AM)
lou sai and lao ban not cantonese ?
at hkg tapao will replace by "lor chau".
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is lor zhou pls...
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post Jan 2 2011, 09:25 AM

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mat guai ye lei dei dou oi chou,tak han jao hui ta ha fei kei la ..niao...
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QUOTE(w.j0102 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:35 AM)
go Klang, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Penang, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Singapore, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
go Taiping, ppl speak to u in Hokkien
Go Kuantan, ppl speak to u in Canto/Hakka
go KL/Selangor/Perak, ppl seak to u in Canto
go JB/Melaka, ppl speak to u in Mandarin

TS: only PRC mei mei speak mandarin, k?
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Yup pretty much this but mostly Johor = Hokkien too. Sarawak = Hakka/Hokkien, I think .

And also Indonesia = Hokkien.
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post Nov 28 2012, 02:37 PM

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because when u speak Canton, u become HK actor.
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post Nov 28 2012, 02:40 PM

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Im from Ipoh and dont know how to speak Cantonese unsure.gif speak mandarin only
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post Nov 28 2012, 02:48 PM

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QUOTE(Jeli0320 @ Nov 28 2012, 02:40 PM)
Im from Ipoh and dont know how to speak Cantonese  unsure.gif speak mandarin only
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lol... u sure u stay in ipoh??
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My accentors from Guangdong, my parents speak cantonese at home and I attend government school. sad.gif

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