[quote=Yoj;2295699]Very true, let’s say I convince my wife to phone in and ask him what his favourite hotpot ingredients are, which she probably won’t because she’ll think I’m nuts, anyway, she rings and asks him. he fails to answer, looks embarrassed for a moment smiles, says thanks, the producers move on, he then claims that he didn’t understand because it was a very difficult dialect, probably from “insert x here” and then says even though the language is called the same, there are many dialects even in the same language, and a lot of people from different areas can’t understand each other, after all, cantonese is a colloquial language, so differs by region. The audience buy it, and don’t see an issue with it, because, the odds are, they already want to believe, and he bluffs through it.
To an extent, that would even be true, cantonese betweens regions does vary, my wife is always complaining the mainland cantonese speaking chinese have bad cantonese, that’s because it does change quickly, as its only really a spoken language, and regional variations occur easily.
It would mean something if he understood nothing, to us, but his larger audience, wouldn’t think it out of place in the slightest, and as per his supporters here, will still believe him unless firm proof was offered, they don’t care the burden of proof is of course on TA himself.[/quote] Good try Yoj. But don’t use the above as an excuse for not trying the Cantonese test…that is unless you are afraid that your test will fail, and you will find egg on your face.
As someone who is wholly impartial, and who just wants the truth, I wholeheartedly support the idea of putting this test to him. You have to wonder why Yoj and his friends are so afraid?
Regarding “burden of proof” you are incorrect. Those who make slanderous accusations share the burden of proof, and you have so far proved nothing conclusively.