What A Surprise

Although it’s written in simplified characters: Cool! As! Bro! 涼！

The Cantonese language is under threat, and people all over Hong Kong and Southern China are banding together to show those Mando imperialists that not everybody wants to be a vassal state to Putong Bloody Hua. Did you know that 普通話， pu tong hua, means “common” or “ordinary” language? When asked if I speak that language I say yes, but don’t like to because it’s “太普通。" Too ordinary.

So I’m off to tomorrow’s demonstration in Guangzhou together with people, press and photographers. There’s just one thing: The organiser of the demonstration – well, not even demonstration as such, just people standing near each other talking Cantonese in the cradle of Cantonese culture – has been arrested.

What a surprise. So obviously, we’re going anyway. There must be something going on at that 江南西 or was it 江西南 station tomorrow at 5. What’s going on is that about three westerners, at least, will stand at Exit A, speaking loudly in Cantonese, taking photos of each other! Fight for The Glaswegian of Asia! 撐廣東話！

You wish you were going too, right? I know. Here’s a Canto-rap for comfort: