fibbi

In Richmond, most people say Mandarin/Cantonese la (especially mid-age people). So I am not surprise if people talk to me in Chinese (mandarin/cantonese). But as long as they are polite, I don't mind whatever language they speak and I'll answer in corresponding languages lor. (cantonese/mandarin). To young people, I will speak in English for sure.

fibbi

31# zuesel


In my experience even though the staff is mandarin-speaking, they still understand basic cantonese wor....e.g. "1 lb meat"...they understand this kind of simple cantonese...

fibbi

都唔一定係，我係女仔~~
但我都鍾意台灣國語好多
嘉嘉 發表於 2009-4-17 01:23

ME TOO!
And my mandarin also sounds like Taiwanese...haha
The mandarin from 四川 area is really hard to understand though.

fibbi

How about Shanghainese Mandarin? Yao Ming speaks like that.
peter236 發表於 2009-4-17 04:14

Shanghainese mandarin is not too hard to understand compare to 四川...

fibbi

Most Japanese sales person bow to you like robots because they received this kind of robotic training when they were hired. Besides, if they are really polite, why don't they just apologize for thei ...
peter236 發表於 2009-4-17 13:24

Polite and appology are two different things...don't mix it la!

fibbi

63# somewhereintime


日本人表面是有禮非常，骨子裏是怎樣想，不提也罷。這不是我個人的感想，而是一個在日本生活，工作的朋友講的。所以我仍然很喜歡去日本旅行，至少他們對遊客是很有禮。