For the Cantonese members...

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by ribsandbbqbeef, Jan 13, 2007.

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Where were your parents raised?

  1. Born & raised in Hong Kong

    44 vote(s)
    41.1%
  2. Born & raised in Canton

    21 vote(s)
    19.6%
  3. Born in Canton, raised mostly in Hong Kong

    11 vote(s)
    10.3%
  4. Born in Hong Kong, raised mostly in Canton

    3 vote(s)
    2.8%
  5. Born in Hong Kong, raised outside of HK or Canton

    17 vote(s)
    15.9%
  6. Born in Canton, raised outside of HK or Canton

    11 vote(s)
    10.3%
  1. nyckeion

    nyckeion ....Boo....

    ^canton is a place in china where their main language is cantonese... like guang zhou... As everyone else should know chinas main language is mandarin. except for canton area.
     
  2. Miliko

    Miliko Member

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    aww oki. But I forgot where my parents told me they where from lolz. eheh =p
     
  3. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    i thoguht canton was a foood like wonton lol
     
  4. nyckeion

    nyckeion ....Boo....

    ^lolz hahaha okay i wouldnt ever think of that one... put it this way have you noticed all our language is a place name in the front... like taiwanese....cantonese...fujinese... and etc.
     
  5. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    r ppl from hk hongkongese? lol i call myself that...if u're from china u're chinese...guan zhou..guan zhouese lol canton cantonese
     
  6. ^black^

    ^black^ Member

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    both my parents were born in hongkong and spend their first 10+ years there, then they moved to toronto -lol
     
  7. ribsandbbqbeef

    ribsandbbqbeef Well-Known Member

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    That's funny, sounds just like what I wrote earlier:

    except canton is not LIKE guang zhou; Guang Zhou city is IN Canton (Guang Dong) province.
     
  8. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    did u jsut quote urself? lol
     
  9. ribsandbbqbeef

    ribsandbbqbeef Well-Known Member

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    Yup, hahaha. That's a first for me =P
     
  10. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    My parents are both born and raised in HK.
     
  11. awong04

    awong04 Well-Known Member

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    born and raised in hk and then moved to canada many years ago
     
  12. JYJLrock

    JYJLrock Well-Known Member

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    none of the above!
    my parents were born and raised in Vietnam
    but we're Chinese...
    in cantonese ping yum its 'yoot nam wa kiu'
    hope you know what im talking about
     
  13. saikira

    saikira Well-Known Member

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    well im born in hk but raised in USA ever since i was three years old
     
  14. jen_lee8

    jen_lee8 Active Member

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    my parents are from hong kong and they are ha ka, i was born here so i speak ha ka, canto and english a bit of french from school and i would like to learn manderin
     
  15. DingDongbb

    DingDongbb Member

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    Born in HK, raised in the US. I go back almost every summer though. We still have a place in Tuen Mun. =)
     
  16. mayes89

    mayes89 Member

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    born in hk
     
  17. my parents are born and raised in HK till around 20 years and they then get married and went to the netherlands for a better life... give me HK imo -cry2
     
  18. Sunjing

    Sunjing Active Member

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    should make a post for others, my parents both 100% chinese but born and raised outside of china

    They were born and raised in Myanmar.
     
  19. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    My parents are from HK, I am half-half: born there, but I grew up and spent more than half my life in Canada ^^b
     
  20. NYGirl83

    NYGirl83 Active Member

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    Born in Canton, moved to HK when they were little kids.