6/8 Hey Taiwanese people. How important is it nowadays to speak
Taiwanese? Do people treat you better if you speak Taiwanese?
Do they treat you like a Mainlander dirt if you use Mandarin?
-someone who understands but can't speak well
\_ Depends where you are in Taiwan. If you're in Taipei it
doesn't matter. But if you go to the South area you will find some
people won't even be able to talk to you in Mandarin. Also you'll
have more friendly encounters if you speak Taiwanese there.
\_ so how worthwhile is it to learn it fluently? I only know basics
\_ depends on where you live, and how you plan to use
it of course. When I was at Berkeley they offered a
student initiated and organized Taiwanese class
for credit.
\_ It depends upon you. If you have elders who don't speak
Mandarin, then, you should learn to speak with them. If
you are the type who treat this "Taiwanese" (which is, strictly
speaking, a dialect of Southern Fujian province) as an important
identity thing, then, stop asking questions and just learn it.
I speak Mandarin Chinese with a Beijing accent (which is
still in many ways considered proper, eventhough not necessarily
politically correct). Despite decade of racial campaign against
those who either identify with China and/or parents are born
in China by DPP, people in Taiwan generally pretty tolerant and
friendly. Most people treat me as a Mainlander, and I no longer
bother to explain it.
and why do you care if they treat you as a Mainlander dirt? are
you saying that you are embracing this kind of racial prejudice? |
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