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Well that example is rather radical. As long as you know (or can guess) traditional characters you can read a HK newspaper just fine with a stutter here and the
by auganov 10y ago
Well that example is rather radical. As long as you know (or can guess) traditional characters you can read a HK newspaper just fine with a stutter here and there.
- spacehunt 10y agoThat's because newspapers in HK are still written in Modern Standard Chinese most of the time. In less formal contexts such as social media, however, written Cantonese is rather more common.
- auganov 10y agoSo the subtitles on HK videos, tv etc are usually sanitized to be standard?
- spacehunt 10y agoOften yes. For video only the really local content (eg. 100Most) are subtitled in exactly the same characters as the ones actually spoken. (Edit: actually I just rewatched some 100Most content after I wrote the above and no, sadly even their videos are subtitled in Standard Modern Chinese.)