ENGLISH / CHINESE ENGLISH, CHINESE

playingtoy

if Chinese is the official language in Canada.
if Chinese was first to immigrate before the white people.
if Chinese had the army to conquer all over the world and colonize places.

i am trying to be right. and yet. every time i run into a white person who is take a stand against me. i know i am going to lose. i need to speak their language. they don't have to speak mine. it was written in history all over the place that English is better than Chinese. and the truth: I do not have enough knowledge of their culture to be one of them.

if Robert De Niro had to learn Chinese to get into a movie.
Not Jacky Chan and Chow Yun Fat speaking English with accents.

I am new. I am blowing lots of water. and I don't know how to type in Chinese.

sometimes I don't know what to do. Cantonese is my mother tongue. There is nothing I can do about it. When I am surprised I don't say GEEZ. I say WAH. I have tried to brainwash myself to fit into their culture. But I don't like Betty Boop or Winnie the Pooh. I like Ding Dong. And I know Ding Dong.

I don't play hockey. I play ping pong.

So how am I going to explain all these. That white people in Richmond has become a minority group. WELL. I don't see any Chinese culture going around Richmond RCMP. They don't eat dim sum and Chinese tea. Only I drink donut and coffee. There is a Chinese version of O Canada. more like a translation. somewhere on the web.

Being an immigrant has to admit I myself and family somehow believe our country / place of origin is not as good. All my memories / knowledge associated with my birth place and people has a negative denotation. if there is anything I can do about it, it will be:

Telling our local firefighters: GAU FALL
Telling our peace officers: ALL BEI YAN DA GIP / ALL OAK KAY YAU CHAK

Consider it is their duty to handle you, they will not leave you alone.
But then one of them is going to ask: do you speak English?
And if I ever had the guts to reply: I do speak English. Do you speak Chinese?

ps. making phony phone call aka prank can be an offense without a proper setting as an entertainment platform

playingtoy

sorry。我篇野擺錯位。

playingtoy

我係睇唔順眼個D人，一就入嚟就當正係ASIAN都識講中文。真係激死。你要當係人都識，我咪唯有扮唔識囉。即係，你嘗試過，講唔掂，我可以樂意幫你，同 你講中文，但係唔好老馮都講中文／國語。有時我好唔明，有D人，連少少英文都唔識，走嚟叫我幫佢申請開公司做乜鬼？！冇眼睇。
好嘅同胞我有遇過。SFU有個男仔，超好禮貌，係講RR聲嘅國語，唔會大聲講，讀書叻，又C文。有D嚟搵我做野嘅都好NICE。。。 不過大部份就。。。唉。

B仔 發表於 2009-2-9 10:10


And about learning English... when I was in grade 1 newly immigrant, i spoke barely a word of English & of course required to take ESL. after only ONE YEAR, from being an ESL student, I was transfered to TUTOR other peers to read english. Why? I used to go to the library to borrow 20 kids' novels to read every week. Learning English hard? What about French for us Chinese? I took French from Grade 1 to 12 too. I went from a C- in grade 3, to an A in grade 4 and ever since it's either A or B. From the lack of practice, I can't speak as good now, but at least I can read general French. You don't need to be pro, as long as you know.

B仔 發表於 2009-2-11 11:49

my plan C is to give up both english and chinese and become linguistically impaired

playingtoy

once again i had to admit my chinese culture is not as transferrable/mobile as english. they make words with 26 letters. and they keep moving forward like a british army.  and we (or my ancestors) stay within the same square. and doing little dances.

Guy

if my keyboard has chinese charaters (not chinese code)
I will consider typing chinese

B仔

Howcome you people who feels discriminated don't see how Caucasians are welcoming minorities? Have you ever encountered Caucasians who try to speak limited Chinese to you when they see that you are Chinese? Have you ever encountered a Caucasian that said to you: "Ni Hao Ma?" or "Xie Xie" or recently "Gung Hei Fat Choi" to you? They might not know our language, but even if they only know 3 words max, they still try their best to say it whenever they get a chance. It shows that they recognize us, and appreciates our culture within our Canadian citizenship. Even if you haven't met those people, have you never met Caucasians who tell you about their wonderful trips into China, HK, & other parts of Asia? If not, then i think you are the one that haven't been dealing with enough white people.

Think of all the large events that the city has put on to recognize the Chinese minority: Moon Festival, CNY, etc. Chinese is probably the most recognized "minority culture" across Canada.

Adapting here doesn't mean you need to say "geez & eh". You can still say your "wah", I can still say my "wow". The thing that Toppy and some people have trouble adapting is the SPIRIT & LIFESTYLE. The barrier is only there if YOU put it there.

And about learning English... when I was in grade 1 newly immigrant, i spoke barely a word of English & of course required to take ESL. after only ONE YEAR, from being an ESL student, I was transfered to TUTOR other peers to read english. Why? I used to go to the library to borrow 20 kids' novels to read every week. Learning English hard? What about French for us Chinese? I took French from Grade 1 to 12 too. I went from a C- in grade 3, to an A in grade 4 and ever since it's either A or B. From the lack of practice, I can't speak as good now, but at least I can read general French. You don't need to be pro, as long as you know.

As for dealing with racist Caucasians. There are those out there. But with the promote of multiculturalisam, those too have adapted & gotten less. If you can't deal with it, it's your problem. When you face those Caucasians, have you ever told them in their face: "I don't care, I am Canadian & we all are. you should respect that". Have YOU? Well, maybe you should try next time, and see their sorry faces with nothing to say. Especially Toppy. You are the one that doesn't have the guts to "deal" with white people, speak up, & respect.

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原帖由 giginium 於 2009-2-10 11:41 PM 發表


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someone who only read and not reply on a forum.