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01-26-2009, 09:41 PM
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Interesting this topic came up, cause my friend was asking?
Where is there a place in vancouver where you can learn cantonese? I have only seen places teach Mandarin.
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01-26-2009, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero  Neither.
learn Taiwanese and be a TW hillbilly and chew betel quid and mack on some JB with your red teeth. | i laughed.
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01-26-2009, 09:43 PM
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#53 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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Originally Posted by Snake Eyes Interesting this topic came up, cause my friend was asking?
Where is there a place in vancouver where you can learn cantonese? I have only seen places teach Mandarin. | interesting point.
I would like to know too lol.
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01-26-2009, 10:08 PM
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#54 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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mandarin is easier than cantonese
so writing, simplified is easy then traditional
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01-26-2009, 10:20 PM
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gew mor gwai fai di jow
Watch some cantonese and mandarin dramas, whichever one you take a liking to then learn it?
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01-27-2009, 02:18 AM
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#56 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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lol at fetched get so offensive
LOL AT SPUGEN MAKING ME CRACK UP LOLZOZLZLLZZO
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01-27-2009, 10:23 AM
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#57 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Mandarin is easier and more useful, end of story.
Cantonese is disgusting, I speak Canton.
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01-27-2009, 10:47 AM
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#58 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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learn both
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01-27-2009, 11:03 AM
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SpuGen is so damn stupid he brings the  Z to my life
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01-27-2009, 11:31 AM
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I know cantonese. I wish I have the time to learn Mandarin. You should learn Mandarin it's more useful than Canto imo. Easier too.
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01-27-2009, 11:44 AM
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#61 | | Oh goodie, 5 posts already!
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Originally Posted by SpuGen Little known fact:
When Chinese people voted for the national language Mandarin VS Cantonese
Mandarin won by 2 votes.
It's cause those northerners fuck like rabbits
General rule of thumb:
Northerners speak Mandarin
Southern Chinese people speak Cantonese.
Mandarin sounds like:
"EE AR SHAN SHUU nii shu sha shor ar shee warRRRR Communism"
Cantonese sounds like:
"WAHH DIUUUUU. NGOR DIU LEI LO MO AHH. DIUU MO CHEEN AHHH. JOW LA"
Southern parts of China/ Hong Kong, Cantonese all the way
Northern parts that are all communist and cheap, Mandarin.
Richmond, Cantonese | LOL .. this is funny...
Twanger speak mandarin... We are not communist..
and cantonese is not an official language.. IT IS A SLANG..
ie Shanghainese is a slang..
taiwanese is a slang....
it is not a language .. you cant write that language...
you only can speak it....
and also ... HK news paper write in the format of mandarin
only cheap magazine write unofficial cantonese non-sense...
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01-27-2009, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by super91 LOL .. this is funny...
Twanger speak mandarin... We are not communist..
and cantonese is not an official language.. IT IS A SLANG..
ie Shanghainese is a slang..
taiwanese is a slang....
it is not a language .. you cant write that language...
you only can speak it....
and also ... HK news paper write in the format of mandarin
only cheap magazine write unofficial cantonese non-sense... | Uh...when you say "slang," you're really trying to say dialect right? Quote:
Originally Posted by CruisingDream True, I want to learn a bit of mandarin before departing to Singapore (co-op). I'm white 100% Canadian English immigrant 200 years ago. | Most Singaporeans speak 2 or more languages. English and usually whatever they speak at home, usually Chinese (Mandarin or Canto), Malay or Tamil. You don't need anything but English if you're there. Quote:
Originally Posted by 6chr0nic4 mandarin with no accent ftw | What does that mean? Mandarin sounds different in every region, there's accents from Beijing, Malay, Guanzhou, Taiwanese, Taiwan, etc. Just like English, there's Liverpool accent, Canadian, New York, Southern accent.
It's because we are so use to listening to Taiwanese Mandarin which is a lot softer in tones that we're rather accustomed.
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01-27-2009, 11:53 AM
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#63 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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The idiocy displayed in this thread is truly astounding, even by the low standards already set before it.
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01-27-2009, 11:53 AM
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#64 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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if you wanna learn both, learn canto then mando, mando's a lot easier to learn if you know cantonese
if you wanna learn just one, learn mando, mando will be much more useful than canto
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01-27-2009, 12:17 PM
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#65 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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For the record, Mainland Mandarin sounds like shit, I prefer the taiwanese accent over that any day of the week. It's far sexier.
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01-27-2009, 12:24 PM
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#66 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Not on guys please, they sound way too feminine
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01-27-2009, 12:27 PM
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#67 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by fetched ^
Not on guys please, they sound way too feminine | I was speaking of women
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01-27-2009, 04:07 PM
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neither
both are ugly sounding languages
not being racist, i'm chinese
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01-27-2009, 04:24 PM
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01-27-2009, 05:18 PM
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#70 | | I STILL don't get it
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mandarin
since, most chinese people understand mandarin
even the canto speakers ^^
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01-27-2009, 05:20 PM
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#71 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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Learn Cantonese ( make sure u get a teacher from HK cus China Cantonese sounds like shit too)
China Mandarin sounds like shit
Taiwan Mandarin is good
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01-27-2009, 08:12 PM
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learn to speak blackinese
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01-27-2009, 09:06 PM
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You guys make me laugh.
For the record, I barely speak Chinese. I can speak and understand Cantonese, but I can't read it. So by posting up random Chinese characters in an attempt to "school me" really failed. It's like telling a black guy he can't speak Swahili.
And also, for general purpose, Cantonese is better on a daily level in Vancouver/Richmond, and HK. More people speak Mandarin in Northern parts of China, and I know that for a fact. I got away with my CBC Cantonese in China perfectly fine. And EVERYBODY in HK speaks Cantonese, not Mandarin.
Fuck. I got my way around Toi Shan with my CBC Canto and my limited Toi Shan wah. And their dialect is fucked up.
I'm gonna agree with Skinnypup. Mandarin sounds like those Chinese Operas "Yuut Kook" which makes my ears bleed.
Really nice piece by the way.
[youtube]zHPegoquV5I[/youtube]
[youtube]CQrxOvEd5OE[/youtube] Quote:
Originally Posted by super91 LOL .. this is funny...
Twanger speak mandarin... We are not communist.. | You're right. You're not communist, you guys just beat the shit out of each other when it comes to politics
[youtube]1xCn3ZYTU0Y[/youtube]
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01-27-2009, 10:12 PM
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#74 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Spugen,
"It's like telling a black guy he can't speak Swahili"
Totally wrong. I wasn't trying to school you, I thought if you were going to comment on the difference between people that spoke Mandarin and Cantonese, you'd at least know "Mandarin" and "Cantonese" in Chinese writing.
In this case, " It's like telling a Chinese guy he can't read Chinese", something is very wrong.
You've just told us in your post that you don't know shit about the your culture, Mr.CBC. So there's no point of explaining anything to you, I just hope you'd learn more about your heritage, that's all. And you are truly the master of the obvious by saying " EVERYBODY speaks cantonese in HK"
no shit.
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01-28-2009, 10:02 PM
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#75 | | They let me be a moderator. LOL
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Can all black guys read Swahili?
No.
Can All Chinese people read Chinese?
No.
I'm Canadian, and while I love my Chinese Culture and Heritage, Mandarin sounds like mutilating chickens.
Cantonese is far more useful for the average person. Travellers, random getting around town etc. Plus, Cantonese people have better food. All you guys have are Siu long baos and Gow Jee. Where are 80% of RS'ers who plan to Visit Asia go? HK. So therefore, my point is relevant.
Also, where in my post did I say that I didn't know shit about my Chinese background?
Nowhere.
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