Shout out from box hill melbourne

vdin1
 June 09, 2013, 09:29 AM posted in General Discussion

hurro, nin hao amigos!

its funny i spend all this time trying to learn mandarin to buy something in springvale or box hill at the shops or restaurant only to find out everyone speaks CANTONESE LOL.

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bodawei
 June 09, 2013, 03:24 PM

Don't let this experience change your language learning goals (not for this reason anyway) - from such a small sample. It is a big world out there. Cantonese speakers are outnumbered by Mandarin speakers, even in Australia I expect.