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| posted by Juno Watt 148 days ago |
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Originally posted by HKBloke
But lets say you had the choice for your kids (who may end up working anywhere in the world) to learn Cantonese or Mandarin.
Which would you chose ?
Cantonese, easy. Mandarin sets my teeth on edge. 
I am only likely to hear my kids speaking Mandarin when I'm locked up in a prison cell waiting for my kidneys to be cut out and sold to the highest bidder, and my children have been confiscated by mainland officials to be brainwashed against the Falun Gong.
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| posted by Paps of Jura 148 days ago |
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Feeling the love of dirtland in ere !!
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| posted by Beer Boy 148 days ago |
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Juno... with you there fella!!!
I take under performing to new lows...
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| posted by drunk from coke 148 days ago |
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But I heard learning mandarin is easier than canto.
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| posted by jesswill 148 days ago |
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To be honest if I had the energy I would learn both as I really like the sound of Cantonese but unfortunately Mandarin is hard enough at the mo.
Still if I'm in HK I fully intend that my kids learn English, French, Mandarin and Cantonese mwahahaha! (no expectation there  )
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| posted by Beer Boy 148 days ago |
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mandarin is easier if enveloped in a Mando speaking society, but here it's mainly Canto... so here Canto is easier
I take under performing to new lows...
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| posted by puyi 148 days ago |
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Originally posted by Juno Watt
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Originally posted by puyi
mandarin is an enforced language
That what I was trying to say... you seemed to disagree earlier. You can travel throughout Guangxi speaking Cantonese, it's very handy.
Here's a good blog written by a Canto-speaking Western girl in HK: http://www.daisann.com/
you seemed not to read my earlier posting very well.....but glad you do agree with me as for using canto in my travels its been very very use less
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