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- Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:52 am
- Forum: Cantonese language forum
- Topic: help with slang/offensive words
- Replies: 11
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Re: help with slang/offensive words
LMF's name: L stands for Lazy and you can guess the rest...with a name like that you can expect profanity but people tell me their latest has less/none.
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:51 am
- Forum: Cantonese language forum
- Topic: Nod the head
- Replies: 8
- Views: 22981
Re: Nod the head
I think many Cantonese people would rather use the formal word 點頭 than o揖 in writing coz it is easier to understand. I seldom see o揖 used.
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:50 am
- Forum: Cantonese language forum
- Topic: Cantonese Revision Sheets
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19627
Re: Cantonese Revision Sheets
The main reason I wrote my notes phonetically is that standard romanisation just seems to confuse us beginners! I still don't understand why characters like female/girl are spelled "nui" when the only way I have ever heard it pronounced would be spelled phonetically as something like "...