i’m thinking something exotic, so they can tell me all the neighborhood gossip in a language no one else understands. or maybe just english, so i can finally figure out why they stare at walls so intently. either way, the secrets they hold…
i’m thinking something exotic, so they can tell me all the neighborhood gossip in a language no one else understands. or maybe just english, so i can finally figure out why they stare at walls so intently. either way, the secrets they hold…
The Hong Konger variant of Cantonese where they randomly interject English words into everyday sentences. This confuses English speakers and also so that my parents can’t fully understand my cat either. So I’m just proficient in both good enough that I can converse with her properly. It’s kinda feels like a special sort of hybrid language that very few people understands, so it makes the connection more unique.
I do this with Mandarin. It’s funny.
as a hong konger, yes but also please no because my dog would be screaming all the canto profanity.
That’s when you reply with the classic Cantonese parent rebuttal: 你[衰仔/衰女], 冇鬼用, 食屎O飯，對屋企一啲貢獻都冇，後悔
生你出來執你返來。你生命有乜意義阿？不如快快結束啦！(Actual stuff my mom said)
(But also don’t actually say that to pets, its just a joke lol)
thanks for reigniting my childhood traumas XD
i always insult my pets just before i coddle and fawn over them.