前面松哥老婆差点被车撞那一幕,他说请以华文(华语)和我老婆道歉。而因该是 Mandarin 而 不是 Chinese,因为 Chinese 指的是华人,华族。反而 Mandarin 指的是华文(华语)。 ... " f0 `& I, C& M- b9 f' utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbkaijye1794 發表於 2012-10-27 01:01 AM
! P; ^, B( h6 E* `: h. M % t& f) o$ D2 p/ c& v6 C- uWhat's wrong with the word "Chinese"? The word "Chinese" has multiple implications, just like any other words like "English" , "German" and "French"~~~ When you are in a place where majority of the public speaks Cantonese (which is a local dialect of Chinese), asking a person to "Speak Chinese" means you want that person to speak in that local dialect, i.e. Cantonese in this case! ' v! e4 M! A! t9 KTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 h) V/ J0 V- P- f8 U; k
I think your interpretation of "Chinese" being just a human race is far too superficial ~~~ 4 y) K2 t9 | r2 VTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。