04-10-2003, 10:27 AM
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Red Wizard of Thay 
Join Date: May 24, 2002
Location: East Coast, Singapore
Age: 42
Posts: 890
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Originally posted by Paladin2000:
Mandarin is considered as the "official" language for the chinese; on top of that, there are many dialects, for example: Cantonese, Hakka, Teo Chew, Hokkien, Hainan, Hock Chew and etc.
But to dine in a Chinese restaurant, being able to speak mandarin and cantonese is suffice. Luckily for me, I speak more that one of those dialects. 
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Of all the dialects I speak hokkien (probably the crudest) only and some canto. Of the other dialects Hainanese is probably the most alien, totally can't understand it.
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