A Multicultural Country?

TweetToday, many countries have realized the importance of embracing multiculturalism, and many have already claimed to be multicultural. Incidentally, I have recently heard a few people claiming that their own countries being multicultural, including this one:

CBC

TweetThe other day I and my wife walked pass a mobile phone sales booth. My wife was considering upgrading her phone. A young salesman approached us and started to introduce to us all kinds of phones available. He was a CBC (Canadian-born Chinese) speaking English with a perfect Canadian teen’s accent. Then he got stuck [...]

The Doctor’s Office

TweetThis morning, I needed to call the doctor’s office to reschedule my daughter’s appointment for next week. From the other side of the line came a female voice: “The doctor’s office…”

French Labels and Instructions

TweetI was having a bad cold over the weekend. While lying in my bed having nothing much to do, I decided to pick up some cold medicine bottles and started reading the French instructions. For the non-Canadian readers, every product sold in Canada must have its instructions and packaging labels printed in at least 2 [...]

Correct Pronunciation

TweetImagine someone threatens to sue you for pronouncing some words differently. This actually happened last month in Toronto. A group of Cantonese language enthusiasts held a press conference, complaining the news anchors of some Cantonese channels for adopting a pronunciation standard known as the ‘Correct Pronunciation’ (正音). They also started a petition letter: “As native [...]

« go back — keep looking »

  • Subscribe

  • Search This Blog

  • Categories

  • Archives

  • I am a LingQ member







  • Recent Comments

  • My Tweets

    • Switch to our mobile site