Yeh...But she probably thought ur accent is hard to understand I mean... I kno someone whos from America...and when I speak english he's like wahhh...I dun understand ^^ Maybe its coz I speak fast? I dunno -lol But I mean my Canto ain't perfect or anything...so yeah ^^
sigh. it's the opposite for me. people refuse to speak anything but cantonese to me. i may be chinese but cantonese isn't my dialect. they've refused to serve me, laugh at me, give me looks, charge me exorbitant prices... all because i don't speak their dialect. i'm learning. but still. -unsure
yeah i had to speak slow so she could understand.... u would think english wouldnt have such a language barrier but it does...... but then agian its like u tryna understand cotnie n "proper" english...
i dont really care much about it, but i thing that annoy me is when people think that i dont understand chinese, that is what i had instead.
haha cockney.... i doubt you meet many people who speak proper cockney but heres a website to help ya out [http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/] lol i also dunno anyone who speaks "proper"(queens) english, leave that to the films and posh people living in the countryside best to learn ghetto UK language like "wastemans" = looser
^ We all know bits and pieces of the "proper accent", mastered through much hardship and repeated viewing of some obscure British films.
^ yeh as in we all know the stereotype, but i can say i know no one that speaks proper english like in nottinghill or that crap
I don't know, my friend visited from London and she has British accent (general), of course I can't tell if it's proper English I just like nasal sound and the lack of tongue-rolling in that accent
I don't care what they think of me. Some distant relatives whom I've never seen before might think I cannot understand/speak Cantonese but they'll ask me that and they'll get their answer immediately. But overall, no they know we manage our language, even if it was only basic wise.
i dun speak chinese very well, but i understand the different dialects. when people ask me questions i always reply in english, if i dont know how to reply in chinese and most of them are like wtf... they think its rude to reply back in english...
I find it more annoying when people ask me to translate random phrases/insults/cuss words into chinese for them so that they can use them senselessly.
Yes it can be annoying, but I get more annoyed at the fact that most Chinese people just come up to me speaking Mandarin and expect me to speak it too - which I dont, I just speak Cantonese and hakka
not really... there are a lot of white washed people in western countries... if you're not born from china, and you can speak chinese, people will be impressed
yes!! i was in hk..and it was a few days after i had gotten a perm [wild perm actually..so it was different], and this lady started saying BS in english about my hair. I turned to my sis and started talking BS about her rudeness
LMAo this always happens at work when I'm explaining to customers about cell phone plans and stuff. I dont start with Cantonese right away (cuz sometimes they're Mando)...plus its more fun to make them use broken English first. Then they're appreciative that I make the extra effort and then they buy a phone or 2 from me. Muahahaha!
