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Cantonese vocabulary: Halloween terms

How’s this for a blog post idea: compiling vocabulary lists to make it through the upcoming holiday. In this case,

I keep a Google Keep file to keep notes. I love how this series is developing because while observing the

When I was younger, I taught myself the American Sign Language alphabet. Why? Just ’cause. I was nerdy that way.

I realize that I’m essentially reproducing Cantonese phrasebooks as I was putting together the following list shortly after feeling the

I’ll start by rehashing some old ground first. When it came to naming the kid, I always wanted an easy

This list will never be complete or that well organized but here it is and I’ll keep adding to it

Oh. My. Gosh. So Much. English. On the eve of E turning three, I had a really sad moment. I

NPY says I’m not raised particularly well. I say he’s not very Chinese. I think they are similar-level insults amongst

Why have I not made this list earlier?? BIL’s fiancée was over one evening and E wanted his bedtime reading

Wordplay with the kid is so much fun! Sure, it’s not a physical activity – which is why NPY doesn’t