[NeoChaser]

some people are just like that... and i know how you feel... =.=|||

are u thinking, wut i m thinking???!

[nike23spoon]

I think it's not as much as a problem here then it is in South Cali ba? Most people are probably just uncomfortable speaking chinese then pretending they dun speak it.. I think




most people here are like what Karl's saying... poor english but they still speak it to you and go YOOO WAZAAAAAAA! :laugh:

wat u doin in south cali!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where u've taken ah jie! :whip:



edit: oops read it wrong......ur still local....XD

[didalila]

I don't know.. I feel it's more liberated to speak English sometimes.
I will only speak mandarin if ALL people around me at that moment speaks mandarin, cuz other wise I feel I may be offending someone.

plust most of the time I feel like typing English is so much faster than having to search for the Chinese character.

But yea, if you speak mandarin to me, I'll speak back no doubt, as long as it is not a public thing.

[righ]

hmm...
when i'm working i only speak english
but that's only becuz i think being in canada
one must respect the english language
sometimes when people come in and the first word that comes out of their mouth is mandarin or cantonese
i get really offended
so i usually pretend i dun understand

[benyaoguai]

i agree with you it's annoying, same case when u go to montreal and french
people ONLY speak french to u(and u truly can't speak french)... however that being said...
ken,
take a sec and think a WHY they would speak english rather than chinese?

1. maybe they are more comfy with english rather than chinese?
- they feel their chinese level is not at the same level as the person they are
talking to, hence they feel their level of expressing their thoughts are not as good when they are speaking english would be a major factor.
- being in a western world where english is the official language, it's natrual
to speak english and they expect the person to know as well

2. i don't speak chinese to mainlanders off the top of a conversation.
- reason being, by speaking chinese, a bias will occure and this is almost
always true, when u are from diff side of the straite. taiwanese will say
"oh mainlander", mainlander will say "oh taiwanese"... etc etc..

now... if i m talking to u, u know i mix english and chinese... that's because
i know u can speak perfect english.... so i would mix it.. but i won't use 100%
english usage cause i know u speak mandrain as well... it really depends on other
people's perception of ur level of english also, so perhaps think of it as a
nice gesture that ur english is good :)

well.. kev.. i gotta agree with ken here

sometimes you can obviously see that some people are "pretending"
i mean... a lot of us need to use a mixture of english and chinese to communicate... just cuz.... u know.. in the situation we are.. =.=
half bananas sorta...
but still... even if you are a true banana... u really shouldn't act like u're not chinese~~
i'm very fucking proud that i'm chinese (though i don't like people saying that i'm from china~ XD)

[benyaoguai]

I don't know.. I feel it's more liberated to speak English sometimes.
I will only speak mandarin if ALL people around me at that moment speaks mandarin, cuz other wise I feel I may be offending someone.

plust most of the time I feel like typing English is so much faster than having to search for the Chinese character.

But yea, if you speak mandarin to me, I'll speak back no doubt, as long as it is not a public thing.

with my friends XD... i sometimes speak mandarin to other mandarin speaker on purpose XD just to bug them XD hehehehheheh

but they're my friends.... XD

[NeoChaser]

well.. kev.. i gotta agree with ken here

sometimes you can obviously see that some people are "pretending"
i mean... a lot of us need to use a mixture of english and chinese to communicate... just cuz.... u know.. in the situation we are.. =.=
half bananas sorta...
but still... even if you are a true banana... u really shouldn't act like u're not chinese~~
i'm very fucking proud that i'm chinese (though i don't like people saying that i'm from china~ XD)

imo everyone is right here, there is no distinct line, cause this goes into the
issues of moral and ethics which are very subjective with diff people.

[RunAbout]

I think it's not as much as a problem here then it is in South Cali ba?

don't say that


(don't make me whip u! =P)

[benyaoguai]

whip him!!! whip him!!

[Nemo]

hmm...
when i'm working i only speak english
but that's only becuz i think being in canada
one must respect the english language
sometimes when people come in and the first word that comes out of their mouth is mandarin or cantonese
i get really offended
so i usually pretend i dun understand

where do u work????
sometimes a reason why your boss hires u is because u can speak mandarin ne...><