Do You Speak Cantonese?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by ralphrepo, Jul 19, 2008.

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  1. ralphrepo

    ralphrepo Well-Known Member

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    I thought my Cantonese pronunciations were excellent... until I saw this:

    Pt1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2jA5gIz_bU Pt2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChhbGmoSAVw

    Pt3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fCR5iRirUM Pt4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asTMvwEAU54

    What's really funny about this is that the "mistakes" that they talk about in the clips are so common that by sheer volume (of regular usage), they threaten to overwhelm the proper original pronunciation. And here's a discussion about the hows and whys of Cantonese mispronunciations:

    Pt1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO_4V7y826c Pt2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lCC69eut84

    And of course, they blame television :shifty: What's even more hilarious is their discussion of the mispronunciation of KWONG vs KONG. Phonetically, what they're trying to say is most accurately spelled as GWORNG; where they got their English phonetics from is anyone's guess     (perhaps it was the Giles system developed over a century ago, in which just about every Cantonese word was mispronounced and introduced as proper to English academics, who then enforced it with a vengence). -noclue

    Ralph
     
    #1 ralphrepo, Jul 19, 2008
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  2. Akki

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    wow...... that really does say a lot about my canto.....hahahah need to practice!!!
     
    #2 Akki, Jul 20, 2008
  3. shuaiD

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    yeah. Not hong kong style, guang zhou style. My dad is hk and mom gz. But my parents force me to speak toisan at home. Gay!

    Screw cantonese learn toisan. ROFL
     
    #3 shuaiD, Jul 20, 2008
  4. brown_bear

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    CHAM JUP..>...CHANG JUP......DEFINITELY NOT SAID THIS ONE...I DUN THINK....

    HUI GOR...>....HUI GWOR....BUT DIDNT KNOW THIS ONE THOUGH...

    GOR HOI....>...GWOR HOI....OR THIS ONE..


    GUESS MY CANTO IS JUST LAZZY....-sweat
     
    #4 brown_bear, Jul 20, 2008
  5. mr_evolution

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    Yeah....my canto is a bit lazy as well :)
     
    #5 mr_evolution, Jul 21, 2008
  6. sir_denster

    sir_denster Well-Known Member

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    My dad speaks Toisanese and my mom Cantonese (she's from GZ). Whenever I'm listening to HK radio and stuff I get so irritated by their "lan yum," even if my Canto is probably worse than theirs.
     
    #6 sir_denster, Jul 23, 2008
  7. binghamton

    binghamton New Member

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    haha good post
     
    #7 binghamton, Jul 24, 2008
  8. bleachick

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    i do speak canto, but written skills is still far away from beyond (-__-"")
     
    #8 bleachick, Jul 24, 2008
  9. fookjay07

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    lol nice video;)
     
    #9 fookjay07, Jul 24, 2008
  10. ProjectD

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    lmao... this proves that i need to work on my canto haha.. but i guess... its still good enough to get around hong kong with no problem
     
    #10 ProjectD, Jul 25, 2008
  11. go999

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    Oh man.. I need to work so much on my canto, guess I need to talk to some of my friends in canto more often..
     
    #11 go999, Jul 25, 2008
  12. ralphrepo

    ralphrepo Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, she does. If you listen carefully at how she speaks, its rather ironic that she should host a show on this subject matter. -whistle

    Ralph
     
    #12 ralphrepo, Jul 26, 2008
  13. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

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    if some1 tlks to me like that i wouldn't even know the differnce lol
     
    #13 kdotc, Jul 26, 2008
  14. Phoenix

    Phoenix *~Though she be but little, she is fierce~*

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    i speak canto...but like with my friends...we speak half and half...half english as wel..
    but i think my canto pron.. is alrite..
     
    #14 Phoenix, Jul 26, 2008
  15. ogbaka

    ogbaka Well-Known Member

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    i speek cantonese too :D
     
    #15 ogbaka, Jul 26, 2008
  16. edli888

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    Children imitate their idols' lazy sound

    Lots of young singers and actors speak with "lazy sound". It almost like they all have lisp.
    Unfortunately lots of young kids copy the way their idols speak.
    I think TVB's Stephen Chen(TVB executive) is trying to retrain all the TVB actors to speak correctly.

    If you listen to older singers/actors, they all pronounce clearly.
     
    #16 edli888, Jul 26, 2008
  17. c00lxcat

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    Yes i do speak Cantonese. I can speak it fluently i guess since the people from HK were able to understand me.
     
    #17 c00lxcat, Jul 26, 2008
  18. spareribs

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    awesome
     
    #18 spareribs, Jul 27, 2008
  19. _keke_

    _keke_ Well-Known Member

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    hahha ooh damn.. Im sure everyone will laugh at me if they kno how wrong I spell things hahah xD Embarassing!
     
    #19 _keke_, Jul 28, 2008
  20. c00lsnoopy

    c00lsnoopy Active Member

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    it's funny that i don't even notice most of the time they say it wrong. maybe i got assimilated already. help me!!!
     
    #20 c00lsnoopy, Jul 29, 2008
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