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 Why is our Cantonese so different to HK&Guangdong

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mowlous
post Nov 4 2022, 11:38 AM

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Ourss is call "parrot canton" ......

Ask yourself this few things first ....

1) Is your parents from Guangdong? GuangXi ?

2) Who you learn your canton from? HK TV drama and movies? Nanny ? Parents ?

3) What other language you know?

Most of us especially 3rd gen learn cantonese from TV, while the older generation some from nanny. In a lot of situation TV base canton is a more formal canton, while local give a much more local slang to it.

Much like Bahasa Malaysia on TV is formal while kelantanese and rempit totally different slang to them.

We are called parrot canton because we mimic the learning trough TV and not from a formal teacher or directly from parents that comes from those region. On top of that we introduce our own slang into what we learn, hence why ours are different from them.

 

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