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Originally Posted by simonroyle
NO!!! 
The Chinese language, which is split into twelve regional dialects, amongst them Cantonese, Mandarin, Hakka etc, is FULL of obscenities.
A quite standard "motif" expression among less educated Cantonese, is, "Go F*** your mother." For every single cuss word we have, the Chinese, in every dialect, have at least one and in many cases more of their own. |
Thanks. I was always suspicious of that passage, even as a teenager.
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Originally Posted by simonroyle
I once got on a "London" bus in Hong Kong and went to sit on the upper deck. There were three construction workers sat in the back. I sat up front near the stairs. I liked sitting up top because that way you got an occasional glimpse of Victoria Harbor. At the next stop a very beautiful, young blond woman got on the bus and came and sat in between where I was and the Cantonese guys at the back of the bus. All the way from Mid-levels down to Central, they described in extremely vulgar and graphic detail what they would like to do with her.
She got off before I did, and when I got up to get off the bus I said to the guys, "Would you like someone to talk about your sister or daughter like that?" I'll remember the expression on their faces till my last breath.
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A Kodak moment if there ever was one!