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Off-tone Christmas puzzle #2

December 22, 2017

holidays homophones puzzles tones

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Off-tone Christmas puzzle 走音聖誕猜謎

December 22, 2017

holidays homophones puzzles

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Idioms with vegetables | 易過食生菜

colloquialism idioms vegetables

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Baby games 問卷時間

children game name

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Frequently Confused Words | 撈亂骨頭的詞語

February 27, 2017

age of acquisition confusing words malapropism word frequency

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Cantonese Eggcorns | 小時候聽錯哂既...

February 24, 2017

eggcorns homophones lyrics malapropism

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花譯名? | "Nickname Translations" for foreign words

February 12, 2017

bad translations foreign words nicknames translation

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Idioms of Improbability|猪乸會上樹

February 09, 2017

animals idioms Improbability language and politics slangs

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ABC Cantonese: L.L. Dub, M.S. Qualifichumacations: I did go to school to get a degree in linguistics (as much as I loved it, it did not love me back in terms of paying the bills) My C.V. says I was a Cantonese instructor for two years (which paid in "honor" and "passing on the heritage" instead of in cash) An ABC by definition, but deep down a FOB for all intents and purposes. My blog is NOT part of the Cantonese 正音 movement nor one of those political movements to discourage use of other languages. I firmly believe in DESCRIPTIVE grammar, not prescriptive grammar. So don't listen to your teacher or the TV trying to "correct" your way of speaking. If you are raised to use a sound, a word, a slang differently than "the academy," just own it!

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