The Cantonese podcast for fans of linguistics, language lovers, and Cantonese learners. This episode discusses Bulgarian grammar, evidentiality, Signal and Telegram’s Hong Kong localisation in Cantonese, writing Cantonese in French, and names and translations within the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

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苗：吓，呢啲睇維基㗎咋嘛！我唔識講㗎嘛，我識……我識有呢四樣嘢，我照住讀。叫我自然噉講，我唔識㗎嘛。

以：呢個標準嘅語言學家。

苗：呢個就係語言學嘞！冇錯！

以：知道，但係唔識。

苗：You just insulted my entire race of people, but thank you.

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