Dialect Group Survey
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Hi,
Just wanna do a quick survey in this forum.
What's your dialect group?
If you have a partner, what's his/hers ?
What lagnuage/dialect you use to communicate with her/him?
Thx. -
me teochew
he teochew
speak english, chinese, teochew, hokkien, internet language.... -
Internet language?
Forgot to contribute mine...
I'm Cantonese.
She's Teochew
We speak English and Mandarin. My Teochew sucks and so is her Cantonese. -
when chatting online use internet language lohOriginally posted by Jason Bourne:Internet language?
Forgot to contribute mine...
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dialect among youth nowadays seems pretty lousy
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ic.... is it the same as SMS/text language? or can it be considered another different category?Originally posted by FireIce:when chatting online use internet language loh -
You are quite right. Actually, I was too ashamed to use my "broken Cantonese" in HK. A deadaway that I'm not local.Originally posted by fett:dialect among youth nowadays seems pretty lousy -
I speak Hokkien!
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Pardon my typo... I mean "dead-giveaway".Originally posted by Jason Bourne:You are quite right. Actually, I was too ashamed to use my "broken Cantonese" in HK. A deadaway that I'm not local. 
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yah....typed language.....whether over the net or SMS.....Originally posted by Jason Bourne:ic.... is it the same as SMS/text language? or can it be considered another different category?
it's different from spoken language and convey msgs differently.... -
Yeah i agree. No environment for them to speak n learn dialect. Its a pity...Originally posted by fett:dialect among youth nowadays seems pretty lousy -
i can listen and understand but seldom speakOriginally posted by fett:dialect among youth nowadays seems pretty lousy
if i were to speak it would short, curt sentences to minimise mistakes or wrong pronunciation..... -
hockchew.Originally posted by Jason Bourne:Hi,
Just wanna do a quick survey in this forum.
What's your dialect group?
If you have a partner, what's his/hers ?
What lagnuage/dialect you use to communicate with her/him?
Thx.
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but during my poly time (donkey years ago) seems like everyone speak dialect, hokkien or otherwise.Originally posted by Ogbunwezeh:Yeah i agree. No environment for them to speak n learn dialect. Its a pity...
or maybe it's just an engineering students' phenomenon -
Guys... care to focus on the survey?
Your dialect group?
If you have a partner, what's hers/his?
What language/dialect you use to communicate with each other? -
sorry sirOriginally posted by Jason Bourne:Guys... care to focus on the survey?
Your dialect group?
If you have a partner, what's hers/his?
What language/dialect you use to communicate with each other?
him: hokkien
her: hokkien
together: don't know why but only can do it (talk, i mean) in mandarin. any ideas? -
Hokkien
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Wa Si Kwung Fu Nang.
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but you talking in hokkien?Originally posted by dotaro:Wa Si Kwung Fu Nang. -
Hai-Kentones is my dialect group..
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Hai-Kentones is my dialect group..
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huh?Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:Hai-Kentones is my dialect group.. What's that? -
You must be one confused child.Originally posted by dotaro:Wa Si Kwung Fu Nang.
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Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:Hai-Kentones is my dialect group..
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Oh yeah tat is donkey years ago... Now different liao defintely... Most dunno unless those true hokkien ah bengzzz tat can speak fluent hokkiens at a young age...Originally posted by fett:but during my poly time (donkey years ago) seems like everyone speak dialect, hokkien or otherwise.
or maybe it's just an engineering students' phenomenon