Re:Cantonese Font with Pronunciation
by hnfong on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @02:24AM
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I suspect the difference is more "academic" than otherwise.
It would be interesting to give a Hong-Konger a test with pairs of characters, one of 1st tone and the other 7th tone, and see whether they can guess which is which.
I suspect with minimal training they'd be able to score significantly better than random chance. (Willing to try it out!)
Re:Cantonese Font with Pronunciation
by ngcc_hk on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @03:36AM
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No need of test and I knew nothing. But I can be sure we hk Cantonese know and immediately hear if the other speak in canton or Malaysia Cantonese very quickly.
It would be interesting to give a Hong-Konger a test with pairs of characters, one of 1st tone and the other 7th tone, and see whether they can guess which is which.
I suspect with minimal training they'd be able to score significantly better than random chance. (Willing to try it out!)