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)。 ..." ~7 y6 M3 O* {
kaijye1794 發表於 2012-10-27 01:01 AM
/ N4 ^. I3 R: j; Z% x : ?7 y6 k3 t9 x5 ~( a/ {# ?5.39.217.76What'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! 0 _( F% ?; ~4 }$ j2 y; Z4 h1 F* o # T2 {% P" |+ uI think your interpretation of "Chinese" being just a human race is far too superficial ~~~ " g$ ?! e* K) j1 o5 G- A