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Overheard on my way home from school one night, spoken by the driver of the late-night van to his partner, who is from China.

"Mandarin, huh? Is that the language the Asians use?"

Overhead on the train in Perth.

"I want to be a dentist. They make lots of money, and I really like rubber gloves."

Date: 2009-05-04 07:20 am (UTC)
lina: to use an icon without attribution to its creator is unjust (Default)
From: [personal profile] lina
I'm forever hearing messed-up things being said about Mainland Chinese tourists here in HK, but in Cantonese/Chinglish. Should I include the original and English translation, or just save time by doing the latter?


teehee, icon. :D

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