How two gwailos learned to speak perfect Cantonese

Read this whole story, it might give some tips for other people studying a language. - - Donna Poisl

Two expats describe their journeys to becoming fluent in one of the world's most notoriously difficult languages

by Christopher DeWolf

It might be spoken by more than 90 per cent of the population, but learning Cantonese in Hong Kong isn't easy. Thanks to 150 years of colonial British rule, it's possible to get by entirely in English, which is exactly what most expats from Western countries end up doing. But the expats that do make an effort to learn Cantonese find it can completely change their experience of the city. We spoke to two native English speakers -- or gwailos as the Cantonese call them -- who did just that.
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