I learned a bit of Cantonese over ten years ago, enough to get around both Chinatown and Hong Kong. And now the Sweetie and I both learning Mandarin. Those posts above should tell you why. Plus, living in Toronto, both flavours of Chinese are waaaaayyy more useful than, say, French.
Re: Go yellow and blue!
Date: 2007-03-17 11:29 pm (UTC)At the moment, don't count too much on the yellow and blue things. I'm about to pull away from fandom for a bit. (These two locked posted tell why: http://przed.livejournal.com/126253.html and http://przed.livejournal.com/126702.html )
I learned a bit of Cantonese over ten years ago, enough to get around both Chinatown and Hong Kong. And now the Sweetie and I both learning Mandarin. Those posts above should tell you why. Plus, living in Toronto, both flavours of Chinese are waaaaayyy more useful than, say, French.