Throatwarbler posted:

https://twitter.com/china_takes/status/1515882672765255685

Real hurthling! posted:

stephenthinkpad posted:

Has anybody ever met a white guy learn and speak Cantonese? I have never seen one IRL. I have met an Indian teen who spoke Cantonese because he grew up in HK. He wore a Sikh turban now that I think about it.

I hope Stanford scam some funding from NED.

Real hurthling! posted:

stephenthinkpad posted:

Has anybody ever met a white guy learn and speak Cantonese? I have never seen one IRL.

indigi posted:

how did he get to be in charge

fart simpson posted:

how well do you consider "learned" ? i know a few white guys that learned cantonese but i dont think it was to a really high level. i used to be able to understand cantonese to about a2 level or so but couldn't really speak it very well at all and ive let the listening ability fade

Red and Black posted:

I think Dashan can speak Cantonese

Bilirubin posted:

I used to walk my German Shepherd through Toronto's Chinatown every day so I learned how to say "he's a good dog" but apparently my tonal accent was wrong and people just laughed at me. When I asked the person who taught me why that was she asked me to repeat what I said and when I did she too laughed and said "No, maybe don't say that". To this day I have no idea what I actually was telling folks but it couldn't have been good.

indigi posted:

first landlords, then Uyghurs, now Cantonese, when will the Chinese genocides end

quote:

Should we prepare for "zero covid"-style lockdowns (aka martial law) if Marcos Junior wins?

Marcos has no backbone, so I don't for a second doubt we will fall to China under his admin. The only small consolation is we'll probably avoid a full-on violent confrontation ala Ukraine since we won't put up any resistance.

My question is, how likely will the Shanghai-level lockdown be imposed on us? Purportedly under the guise of curbing COVID (which they will probably fake the numbers to say it will surge again after elections), but is really a version of Martial Law Lite. And if so, other than to stock up on essentials and maybe start a vegetable garden, what else can we do to avoid/cope with that?

If anyone here has actual experience during the Martial Law era, I'd be keen to hear your personal stories.

I don't want to catastrophize, but I don't want to be caught blindsided either. The world IS awful right now, after all. Anything goes at this point

stephenthinkpad posted:

I guess good enough to make chitchats with strangers and order stuff in restaurants. Being able to make phone calls and watch local TV show is what I would call the next level. I don't know which one is A2.

edit, That's a lot of Cantonese goons in this thread, I have no idea.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

some posters on may 13, 1940: germany has bitten off more than it can chew, the BEF and french army have this in the bag

punishedkissinger posted:

hmm

punishedkissinger posted:

hmm

PawParole posted:

we don’t seem to summon the same care for aave or the southern dialect of English. Mote in your neighbors eye

THS2 posted:

is the southern dialect of english what clay higgins speaks

PawParole posted:

the queens English is going extinct

Raskolnikov38 posted:

can’t you go love your nazi pals in one of the forums that’s actually for you

Raskolnikov38 posted:

can’t you go love your nazi pals in one of the forums that’s actually for you

AnimeIsTrash posted:

don't post itt, thank you

fart simpson posted:

chatting with strangers and ordering in restaurants, yeah i can think of a couple whiteys i know who live in hong kong.

also an "a2" listening level basically means: "Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most intermediate areas, such as shopping, family, employment, etc." i didnt study much directly, but ive lived in shenzhen for over a decade and had an ex who primarily spoke cantonese with her friends, and i used to play mahjong with that group a lot so i picked stuff up there

https://www.europassitalian.com/blog/cefr-levels/

Antonymous posted:

I've heard people from UK several times refer to Britain's isolated island dialect as "English"

"Anyway I want a fag, oh, sorry that's english for Cigarette"

weird poo poo going on over there, out of touch

Antonymous posted:

I've heard people from UK several times refer to Britain's isolated island dialect as "English"

"Anyway I want a fag, oh, sorry that's english for Cigarette"

weird poo poo going on over there, out of touch

stephenthinkpad posted:

What rule do you play though. My wife is a very casual Mahjang player. We went to her friend's house and play a couple hours. I was turned off by how amatuer they were.

Antonymous posted:

I've heard people from UK several times refer to Britain's isolated island dialect as "English"

"Anyway I want a fag, oh, sorry that's english for Cigarette"

weird poo poo going on over there, out of touch

Endman posted:

Nobody speaks English worse than the English themselves.

mawarannahr posted:

when you learn English outside of school you have a choice in what accent you pay to learn. I always felt like there was something wrong with the people signing up for the British English classes without having any business with Britain. there are very few of these troubled souls, thankfully.

Endman posted:

If you’re learning the language you should just learn whatever the people you’re most likely to communicate with use.

Endman posted:

I’ll always prefer “official” British English from an aesthetics point of view; it sounds nice and fits better with Australian English regarding spelling, but nobody in England outside the BBC actually speaks it.

If you’re learning the language you should just learn whatever the people you’re most likely to communicate with use.

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:

Mary Poppins English and US newscaster English are the only two.

Some drunk northern oval office talked poo poo to me the other week and I couldn't understand a word he was saying, which is how I pegged him for a northern oval office.