Speak Mandarin Campaign 2009 - Be Heard in Chinese - Human Remote Control

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The Speak Mandarin Campaign 2009 kicks off its 30th Anniversary with a series of television commercials that challenge Singaporeans to be heard in Chinese.

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[Elbottoo]

Because it is simply the next world language and the most important language of your children and grandchildren.

Period.

[XiaolongSimatong]

我刚才看完了关于新加坡的文章。好像他们说的普通话跟大陆人和台­湾人说的不都一样。他们的一些词是客家话。我知道有些人觉得新加­坡人说得不太好，但是我觉得因为他们的祖先从不同的地方来，所以­他们和大陆人当然有些区别。他们说的就是汉语。美国人有相似的问­题。我们这儿说的是美式英语，但是很多黑人用的是俚语。很多会说­“纯正”英语的人说我们的所谓“黑人的英语”并不是地道的英语，­尽管很多英国人说美式英语并不是地道的英语，但是每个人都有地方­口音； 不同的人有不同的说法，因此互相批评没有用。

[TsangBokyan]

@BAIYUE1

Because parents who have .001% of a normal brain realize that they must teach their kids Mandarin to succeed in Singapore, because they do a lot of business with mainland. No one is FORCING THEM TO, they're just adapting to changing times.

So why isn't Middle/Old Chinese still spoken? I guess we should scrap modern dialects and teach everyone that instead. Oh, and revert to old pre-Huangdi non-standardized script as well, right?

HOW ABOUT DOCTORS IN CHINA?

[BAIYUE1]

@TsangBokyan

Every Singaporean can speak English, and you can use English to speak with your doctor.

And I still can’t understand when Fukkienese is common language of Chinese in hundreds of years, and now you replaced it by Mandarin.



[TsangBokyan]

@BAIYUE1

People can use it IF THEY WANT TO. The governments only encourage the use of a COMMON LANGUAGE.

If you went to the next village over looking for medical help but the doctor looked at you funny because he couldn't understand your funny talk, you'd die. Stop being so goddamn fucking stupid.

[BAIYUE1]

@TsangBokyan

Have no English campaign in Singapore. It is native trend of Singapore while Mandarin campaign was promoted by both Singapore government and Chinese government.

it is diffirent. In past, Fukkienese is common language of Singaporechinese. Why you don't continue use it?

[TsangBokyan]

@BAIYUE1

Sources. Also, prove that between 1957 and 2000 there were no Mandarin-speaking immigrants. If you can't, your statistics are useless.

Oh, why has English increased so much? Let me guess, English is trying to "destroy" all other languages. /facepalm.

[BAIYUE1]

@TsangBokyan

We can see result of Mandarin campaign in Singapore with slogan “Mandarin is truly Chinese”,so funny

Predominant Household Language

1957 (%)English 1.8 Mandarin 0.1 Chinese Dialects 97

2000 (%)English 23 Mandarin 35 Chinese Dialects 30.7 So see it, Mandarin destroying Chinese language (Cantonese ,Fukkienese, ..) in every where even in Singapore, Taiwan, an of course in mainland



[BAIYUE1]

@TsangBokyan

KMT banned hokkien in Taiwan in past, and use Mandarin is official language while 80% Taiwanese is Hokkien. DO you know it?

I don’t protest Mandarin as one communication, but Mandarin has 850 millions speaker, and they still want replace other Han language as Cantonese, Fukkienese, Shangahainese,…

And Chinese don’t allow teach Cantonese or Fukkienese, Shanghainese in school. It is evidence for ambitions replace all Han language by Mandarin.

[TsangBokyan]

@BAIYUE1

How do you "ban" a language. Kill anyone that speaks it? The KMT didn't do that.

No, no, no. Nobody wants to "destroy" all other Han languages. But there is a need for a standardized language, no? Otherwise, how will a politician/lawyer/doctor/patie­nt/person communicate with someone else from a few provinces away? By using Chinese script?!?!? LMFAO.

I'm sorry that basic logic escapes your mental faculties, but hopefully my question above can help you come to realization.

[BAIYUE1]

@TsangBokyan

So why in Taiwan , KMT ban Hokkien which is also Han chinese? Replace hokkien by Mandarin

Or Mandarin with 850 millions speaker want destroyed all of other Han language, I don’t know they are truly Han or not as Cantonese in Guangdong, Fukkienese in Fukkien, Shanghainese in Shanghai or Hokkien in Taiwan.

[TsangBokyan]

@BAIYUE1

1) I have no preference for what language is taught, but if you think that in a nation different languages should be taught in order to fragment the population, you're crazy. it could be fucking latin for all i care.

2) You are so delusion, that you think Mandarin came from the Manchus. Please, tell me WHY THE MING DYNASTY used Mandarin as their language? Oh, didn't know the Ming dynasty was Han?

3) A foreign exchange student in my house speaks Mandarin and Cantonese. Derp.