Comments on Cantophilia - Love of the Cantonese Language: The Bus Uncle

Correction: 傾計 should be 傾偈.

Thanks Kobo-Da...

2007-12-05T11:05:00.000-05:00

Correction: 傾計 should be 傾偈.

Thanks Kobo-Daishi from the forum.

Thanks unixhag.

I have been given a lot of ...

2007-11-25T08:34:00.000-05:00

Thanks unixhag.

I have been given a lot of thoughts in designing something for beginners. I don't believe in going through boring phrases. This was why I have designed this series.

There is one prerequisite you need to get on with this series, Jyutping. Nothing else. You will learn the words and phrases from the real-life examples. All you need to do is to repeatedly listen to

Thanks, this is great, especially the way you've w...

2007-11-25T06:09:00.000-05:00

Thanks, this is great, especially the way you've written it out. I'm a lesson-three absolute beginner and although this is way over my head now, as you say it is a valuable listening exercise. I can pick out a few words I know already.

There isn't much around the net for absolute beginners, except a few basic phrases that get boring, and there's nothing better than the way you've

That's good. Hope you didn't pick up the swear wor...

2007-11-23T10:47:00.000-05:00

That's good. Hope you didn't pick up the swear words. :O

I will do more lines from the Bus Uncle if there is a huge demand.

That's cool that you've posted this.In fact, a few...

2007-11-23T10:21:00.000-05:00

That's cool that you've posted this.In fact, a few months ago I've extracted the audio from bus uncle clip on youtube and put it into my ipod.I've listened to it so many times that I even know some of the lines by heart.