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Spoken
English in Hong Kong is also likely to endure because
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of
its deep cultural roots. Even Chinese speakers pepper their
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conversations
with English words. Professor Bolton says this
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creative
interplay has given birth to a unique English dialect
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found
only in Hong Kong.
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"Examples
of English words not found anywhere else in the
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world
include words like 'shroff' to refer to a cashier in a car
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park,"
says Bolton. "Words like 'cooley' to refer to a laborer, or
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a
word like 'nullah' which refers to a canal or ditch. A Hong
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Kong
native might also say 'let's go eat at a dai pai dong
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tonight,'
referring to a cooked food store.
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"Perhaps
most significantly of all is the word that they use to
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describe
the foreigners in Hong Kong - 'gwai lo,' continues
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Bolton.
"This is part of the flavor of Hong Kong English, and
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I'm
sure this is going to continue in the future."
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/PUBS/SLANT/FALL97/arti
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