I know HK follow Chinese script. Well... obviously. Their Cantonese words have direct a counterpart in Mandarin, like 你, is 'ni' in Mandarin and 'nei' in Cantonese. But our Cantonese, we say lei. Why are we so different?

Another example:

的
Mandarin: De
HK: Dik
Local: Gei

对
Mandarin: Dui
HK: Deoi
Local: Ngam

Only KL speak weird Canto.

Sabah and Ipoh is quite similar with Hongkie.

U know what's the difference between "doh che" and "em koi"?

KL people dont even say doh che, lolz

FYI Cantonese spoken in HK is also different from Guangzhou even though they are just a few hours apart by road.
Likewise, Foshan Cantonese is a bit different from GZ.

In M'sia, Ipoh Cantonese is also diff from the rest of the country.

Same like English spoken in London, Liverpool, Scotland, Wales etc are all different. It's called an "accent".

ah beng TS does not know what is 懒音 LOL

How is Ipoh canto different? When I hear Ipohan speak I can't really tell any difference

I believe certain word such as iced drink is called differently.

Kopi suit vs kopi bing

I always say kopi suet. Is this KL? I m from KL.

I know HK follow Chinese script. Well... obviously. Their Cantonese words have direct a counterpart in Mandarin, like 你, is 'ni' in Mandarin and 'nei' in Cantonese. But our Cantonese, we say lei. Why are we so different?

Another example:

的
Mandarin: De
HK: Dik
Local: Gei

对
Mandarin: Dui
HK: Deoi
Local: Ngam

/K answers as simplied below:

1. Influenced by other dialects

2. The words we use are slangs, which HK also use. But we don't know the formal words, which HK knows and use

3. These are 'Lazy' pronunciation, as the language evolved.

4. KL more different from Hongkie. But Ipoh/Sabah closer to HK

5. Diu Lei Lo Mou

Aiya Long time ago people do share HK joke about banana

In Malaysia Cantonese we call gong jiu male banana since is really look like male dik

When you ask how much gong jiu in HK
His reply seller will say
After so many years selling banana I also don't know the banana female or male

I'm from Ipoh

The only main difference is cent. We use chean. Kl uses kok.

Eg 10c. Yat chean. Yat kok.