拯救中文的少年
文中說：「教育要能夠啟發學生興趣，培養他們閱讀，以至欣賞文字的習慣。這樣，才是真正的拯救中文。」已是老生常談。但香港人明知故犯，其來有自，絕非單靠陪養興趣可以根治。拯救中文的少年香港學生的中文水準如何？這向來並沒有好答案，亦一直少人關注，但近一兩年，這個問題卻突然浮上水面，令各界關注。媒體高舉大聲公，直言年輕人的中文水平響起警號，結果令專家托腮，家長握拳，學生滴汗。文：阿果...
View ArticleRe: 僆, 𡃁, and 靚
As I haven't seen any online sources anywhere defining 僆,粵語協會’s online site [www.cantonese.asia] (which I’ve posted in my previous message) defines 僆 as小子，有時有看不起人的意思. This definition is followed by an...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
I support distinguishing n/l in romanization, mainly because they are sometimes distinguished. I also wish the archaic /tɕ/ and /ts/ distinction were kept in romanization, because it would be fun to...
View ArticleRe: When does Middle Chinese kh become Cantonese h?
QuoteChanggi The thing is, in Greek and Germanic, it is uniform, and thus kh doesn't exist in Greek, and the kh uniformly become h in German, the last link taking the post of kh.Probably not kH>h...
View ArticleRe: When does Middle Chinese kh become Cantonese h?
It's Time's notation. Not mine. It take it that it means the aspiration got stronger/glottalized
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
I was born in HK and the only "lazy sounds" I grew up with was the n/l initial merger (it was naturally from the adults and teachers), and perhaps only partially the loss of the ng- initial.The...
View ArticleCantonese pronunciation for Google Translate?
Hi, I realize that a Spoken Cantonese module for Google Translate is not going to happen, given that they rely on a large written corpus for any language. But it would already be very helpful if they...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
QuoteBerrjod I want to distinguish /tɕ/ and /ts/, but because it's too hard to find out where to use which, I've decided not to do it anyway.[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
Quotebybell QuoteBerrjod I want to distinguish /tɕ/ and /ts/, but because it's too hard to find out where to use which, I've decided not to do it anyway.[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]Which message is it...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
I agree with Mr Chiu's observations with the vowel after the initial determining pronunciation.I'd have to dig out my copy of Modern Cantonese Phonology to see what it says, but my instinct is that...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
It is possible. I admit I'd be more open to that interpretation if I hadn't already heard [ s ] and [ɕ] with the same vowels and indeed the same words (in one speaker). It's possible of course that it...
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
I had to edit your post...the s in brackets it was parsing as strikethrough--the site has a bug where strikethrough format bleeds through all messages that follow.
View ArticleRe: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
It's not the first time either. Hopefully I'll remember it this time!
View ArticleRe: Cantonese pronunciation for Google Translate?
If I were Google, I'd mash multiple sources together to look for discrepancies. A big problem with online material (Cantodict included) is the quality of the information in the database. Various...
View ArticleReading of 二
[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]The readings of 二 and 兩 surprised me here, but the reading for 兩 is at least listed on its character page. The one for 二 is probably wrong, though.
View ArticleReading of 老
[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]Is the tone given for 老 in jyutping right here?
View ArticleRe: Starting to learn how to read and write? Where to begin?
Frankie, thanks for putting the link to the list! There were a few level 1 characters that I didn't learn yet so now I can fill in the gaps!
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Re: Reading of 二
QuoteBerrjod [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]The readings of 二 and 兩 surprised me here, but the reading for 兩 is at least listed on its character page. The one for 二 is probably wrong, though. I seem to...
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