Re: "Okay" in Cantonese film
On Sep 24, 6:10 am, Richard Fangnail <richardfangn...@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I saw a Hong Kong film ("Infernal Affairs") where some of the
characters would say "okay" just like that, embedded in other dialogue
that was just Cantonese. Is it fashionable lately in HK to say the
word "Okay"?? I've seen many other films from HK or the rest of China
and never heard that.
Quite common in the Mainland, as is Bye-bye. "88" (ba-ba) in
netspeak.
.
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