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by kunjaa
Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:52 am
Forum: Cantonese language forum
Topic: help with slang/offensive words
Replies: 11
Views: 27480

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.
by kunjaa
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.
by kunjaa
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 "...