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Dejah

Dejah

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I mix my Cantonese and Toisanese in the same sentence if I speak staight Cantonese.  If I speak straight Toisanese, I'm pretty good.  I'll have to really focus when I go to the herbal shop!

Gastro Girl I realize that sometimes we Toysanese can't really transliterate the sounds of our speech. The wolfberry plant in Toysanese is gow ghee (hard "G"), the berries are gow doo. Gow=dog, same tone. Doo same tone as "left", gee is same tone as "Gee do goi?" How many?

Don't listen to Ben Sook. He speaks Toisanese with an accent! :raz::laugh:

Gow (same as dog) is Cantonese, ghee is Toisanese with an accent. :wacko:

In true Toisanese: it's gi (hard G, long I) gai dee!

The pronunciation really depends on the district your village is located in.

Dejah

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jo-mel

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Zhi is more like it. Say it like you say 'paper' in cantonese. Same tone. Gou qi zi in pinyin. 枸杞子

Thanks for the characters! I keep looking for wolfberries in the Chinese supermarket, and now I have something to follow.

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Ben Hong

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Gustatorily, I am a leg man, but in certain other interests, I am a teat man. :raz:  :raz:

OMG ROFL :biggrin:

I hope you read all the posts that led up to Ben's comment. :laugh:

Whoa!! I do sound like a dirty old man, don't I?? The Devil made me do it!! What thread was that from?

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Dejah

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Gustatorily, I am a leg man, but in certain other interests, I am a teat man. :raz:  :raz:

OMG ROFL :biggrin:

I hope you read all the posts that led up to Ben's comment. :laugh:

Whoa!! I do sound like a dirty old man, don't I?? The Devil made me do it!! What thread was that from?

Check back up on page one of this thread, Ben! :laugh:

Dejah

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