This is some level 99 linguistic taunting going on around me all the time that I can't see. Sometimes @maryhui lifts the veil a tiny bit and it is invariably wonderful. In this case, the sign belongs to a popular baked goods chain whose plutocrat owner is vocally pro-Beijinghttps://twitter.com/maryhui/status/1180349128133365762 …
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Meanwhile, never forget what attempt at propaganda the mainland authorities lobbed at us foreign English speakers like a cultural hand grenade in Augusthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVQTA34NKP0 …
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Dying to read the essay about how Cantonese language was weaponized in the defense of Hong Kong, and mainland China's linguistic chauvinism used as an effective shield against influence operations, infiltration on online forums and among frontliners in person
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I wrote this and
@jmulich pointed me to this lovely thread by@maryhui a while ago. But I want the other half of this story too—how the mainland's linguistic blindness about the diversity of Chinese makes them less good at oppressionhttps://twitter.com/maryhui/status/1154093412330557441 …Show this thread
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every culture evolves its cockney slang
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@sparrowpost and she mmmmmm-hmmm’d decisively. “I TOLD you Cantonese was cool.”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I feel for you man; this is hilarious, and hilariously true!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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