Saturday, September 30, 2006

Hongkyrella

Do you know how does Hong Kong English & Mandarin sound like?

Below are some of the examples from my HK housemate, Pig Pig:

Beginner level:

File = Fai-lou
Folder = Fou-daa
Computer = Com-piu-taa
Cyber = Sai-ba
Mouse = Moussy
Nice = Lai-si
Like = Lai-ki
Quickly = Quickrrry
Pronounce = Po-lounce
Pretty = Pity
Click = Kick
Cheese = Cheesy
Strawberry = Si-to-be-lei
Banana = Ba-la-la
Omelet = On-lit
Fail = Fei-lou

Here go the more complicated words:

Thank you = Fank-you
Very nice = Way-li-lice
Fry rice = Fai-lice
3.33 = Free porn free-free
Giogio Amani = Jiu-jiu a-ma-lai

Conversation A – Jo vs. Pig Pig:

Jo : “Where are all the pix I took?”
Pig : “You on my com-piu-taa, kick the XXX fou-daa, it’s inside that XXX fai-lou…”

Conversation B - Pig vs. her mum (Cantanese + English) :

Pig’s mum : Ahh, ko Joanne dou gei ‘lai-si’, ying koi yao yang ‘lai-ki’ gua?
Pig Pig : Hai ya, koi way-li-lice.

Conversation C - Pig Pig’s Mandarin:

Pig : 你開 chiea (車), 急急走 (直直走) 就到了…
Pig : Twein 午節快到了, 我men 買棕己七 (我們買棕子吃) …

Conversation D - Pig vs. my colleague (English + Mandarin)

Colleague : My name is XXX.
Pig : Wah, such a lice lame. My lame is 'Pig Pig', lice to meet you.

Colleague : Where do you stay?
Pig : 我以前自隻豬, Joanne 自隻豬, 現在我們一隻豬.
Colleague ??.....

2 comments:

Ah Dom said...

Oh really funny and I can really imagine how she sounds like coz Hongkyrella really speaks like that. Not only Hongkyrella but all cantonese. Even in China. Somehow their tongue is a bit pak kak.

Anonymous said...

he he very hilarious.
But that's the way they were taught to pronounce. Just like the foo-chow mandarin, hahahahaha