The Cantonese podcast for fans of linguistics, language lovers, and Cantonese learners. This episode discuss the Taiwanese language (Tâi-gí or Taiwanese Hokkien), how to learn it, why native speakers reject the name Minnan, and what the fall of Taiwanese tells us about the future of Hong Kong Cantonese.

Show notes and links available on the Cantonese page. Transcript below.

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[鳴笛聲]

以：欸？咩聲？

苗：拉得。

淩：拉得。

靳：唔係啊，啱啱有……有……

以：哦，哦，拉你喇，拉你喇。

苗：哦，拉你喇。

靳：係啊，已經……已經上緊嚟。

以：佢哋已經上咗嚟，聽到喇，已經。

淩：死喇，死喇。

以：我哋一講個title，佢哋已經收到喇。

[jingle]

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The Cantonese podcast for fans of linguistics, language lovers, and Cantonese learners. This episode explains the April Fool’s Day episode, which was generated by machine learning software using an n-gram language model. It also explores other questions in computational linguistics, such as machine translation, neural networks and environmental impact.

Show notes and links available on the Cantonese page. Transcript below (first 10 minutes for free, the rest on Patreon).

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以：其實我哋個腦都係電腦嚟㗎。

苗：係啊，肉腦啊，我哋係。

以：我哋係機械人。

靳：肉腦啦。

以：都有電喺裏面。

苗：有。

靳：有有有。

苗：你啱。

以：YES! 我唔係醫生都可以講到呢個。

[jingle]

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The Cantonese podcast for fans of linguistics, language lovers, and Cantonese learners. This episode is extremely confusing and frustrating.

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