CECA Cantonese Canadians

[syed putra]

The 3 C's.

 

[A Singaporean]

What about Singlish speaking CECAs ? Obviously Singlish has no fucking value overseas.

 

[superpower]

Born and bred in HK, you speak Cantonese, whatever the race.

 

[syed putra]

Born and bred in HK, you speak Cantonese, whatever the race.

How come sinkies dontch speak Malay?

 

[superpower]

This HK-born woman of American parents speak native Cantonese.

 

[superpower]

How come sinkies dontch speak Malay?

I speak native Malay. But the reality is from the '70s onwards Malay has ceased to be the lingua franca in public places, so generations of non-Malays grew up not speaking it.

 

[syed putra]

I speak native Malay. But the reality is from the '70s onwards Malay has ceased to be the lingua franca in public places, so generations of non-Malays grew up not speaking it.

That's because lky placed emphasise on Mandarin and neglect Malay. Wanted to alienate the island from its origin and turn it into a vassal state of China. And under his son, India too.

 

[superpower]

That's because lky placed emphasise on Mandarin and neglect Malay. Wanted to alienate the island from its origin and turn it into a vassal state of China. And under his son, India too.

LKY was a native Baba Malay speaker. He couldn't speak a single word of Hakka or Mandarin until he became Prime mInister. He had no love for the language; learning it was a political expediency.

He did not neglect Malay, but he did not emphasize Malay as a lingua franca, preferring to use English as the official lingua franca, because he feared the bumiputra-isation of Singapore (his unfulfilled dream was leading a Malaysian Malaysia, Singapore was just a watered down mini-version).

The Speak Mandarin Campaign was political: it wasn't about currying favour with China (in the '70s we were China's master, not the other way round), it was about his fear of the dialect clans getting too strong and independent leading to support for charismatic dialect-speaking opposition candidates like Lim Chin Siong (Hokkien) and later, Low Thia Kiang (Teochew). All dialects were banned on radio and TV; SBC dubbed all HK dramas in Mandarin. His aim was to eradicate dialects - linguicide - to shore up the PAP's power and to prevent the resurgence of another Barisan Socialis.

 

[ilovechinesegal]

Chey not surprised la. They doing biz in HK they cfm will know canton.

 

[k1976]

Cantonese is spoken in almost all overseas chinatown by merchants n their families

What about Singlish speaking CECAs ? Obviously Singlish has no fucking value overseas

 

[lostvirgin]

Dirty shitskin chow hais.

 

[k1976]

LKY was a native Baba Malay speaker. He couldn't speak a single word of Hakka or Mandarin until he became Prime mInister. He had no love for the language; learning it was a political expediency.

He did not neglect Malay, but he did not emphasize Malay as a lingua franca, preferring to use English as the official lingua franca, because he feared the bumiputra-isation of Singapore (his unfulfilled dream was leading a Malaysian Malaysia, Singapore was just a watered down mini-version).

The Speak Mandarin Campaign was political: it wasn't about currying favour with China (in the '70s we were China's master, not the other way round), it was about his fear of the dialect clans getting too strong and independent leading to support for charismatic dialect-speaking opposition candidates like Lim Chin Siong (Hokkien) and later, Low Thia Kiang (Teochew). All dialects were banned on radio and TV; SBC dubbed all HK dramas in Mandarin. His aim was to eradicate dialects - linguicide - to shore up the PAP's power and to prevent the resurgence of another Barisan Socialis.

Is to make sure sinki cannot speak dialect, while jiuhu can speak w/o fear that u understand them

 

[Semaj2357]

Chey not surprised la. They doing biz in HK they cfm will know canton.

hanor, these diaper-heads make a living peddling us$100 dorrar shit-material suits in 24 hours with a foc cheap tie, same as in tighland

 

[Rogue Trader]

This is the kind of canto ah neh whom 赌神 told to go back to India to eat banana