Comments on: Taishan County

By: Girls Trek Too!

Girls Trek Too! — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:45:37 +0000

[...] great-grandfather once cried in front of his daughter Leila, when he read a newspaper from Toishan County and saw an obituary for his last surviving relative. He told her that’s when he knew: there [...]

By: Woodson

Woodson — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:33:29 +0000

Hi Robert,

It is similar to the language spoke in New York Chinatown prior to the 1970s. Cantonese became the main dialect in North America’s Chinatown from the early to mid-1970’s onward. The trend today is towards Mandarin as people from other parts of China migrate overseas.

By: robert bloomer

robert bloomer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:50:35 +0000

Hi. I grew up in NY. I am curious, have you visited
Taishan? I was wondering if the dialect there is the
same as what used to be spoken in NY’s Chinatown or
is it now closer to standard Cantonese? I was wondering
if I visited Taishan, would I still here the same
language that fascinated me so much as a kid.

Thanks,
Robert