abjwam

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   by abjwam 10y ago

   Reminds me of the "I have a black friend" argument. >"It’s probably truer to note that a significant segment of the population isn’t accustomed to reading, or thinking, at an adult level" This claim is ridiculous. The
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   by abjwam 10y ago

   Don't think that's true. I'm in southeast asia and the largest chinese language groups in the following countries are: Singapore: Hokkien Indonesia: Teochew Philippines: Hokkien Malaysia: Hokkien (although cantonese popular t
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   by abjwam 10y ago

   I don't know what is the obsession of westerners with Cantonese. There are several chinese languages spoken in Singapore. The most widely spoken is Hokkien (~50% in singapore) followed by the Teochew language (~25% of chinese in singap