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A Dictionary of Hong Kong English - Words from the Fragrant Harbor

by Patrick J Cummings

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A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant As additional features the dictionary provides a brief history of Hong Kong English a list of acronyms and abbreviations historical place names and their current equivalents words of Hong Kong origin now in international use as well as further reference material A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant As to Hong Kong English HKE apart from short lists of HKE words Bolton 2002 no other compendium of HKE vocabulary has so far been written The exact status of HKE may still be a matter of debate among linguists and the informed public yet what is indisputable is the unique character of HKE A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant This book is the first dictionary of Hong Kong English and one of the few nonnative variety dictionaries of English It includes only words and word senses that are particular to this variety or have a specific reference to Hong Kong the dictionary thus contributes to legitimizing Hong Kong English as a variety in its own right A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant Harbor by Patrick J Cummings and HansGeorg Wolf Urban Dictionary Fragrant Harbour Pilot slang for Hong Kong an ironic translation of its name which means Fragrant Harbour in Chinese The joke is partly on the local scent of some of the poorer regions and partly on the difficult approach to Runway 13 of Hong Kongs nowdecommissioned Kai Tak airport which stank A dictionary of Hong Kong English words from the Request PDF on ResearchGate On Jan 1 2011 HansGeorg Wolf and others published A dictionary of Hong Kong English words from the fragrant harbor A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the This dictionary will help Hong Kong people who are unable to find words like “shroff” in a dictionary but they are certain that they spelled it correctly A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant This book is the first dictionary of Hong Kong English and one of the few nonnative variety dictionaries of English It includes only words and word senses that are particular to this variety or have a specific reference to Hong Kong and thus contributes to legitimizing Hong Kong English as a A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant This book is the first dictionary of Hong Kong English and one of the few nonnative variety dictionaries of English It includes only words and word senses that are particular to this variety or have a specific reference to Hong Kong and thus contributes to legitimizing Hong Kong English as a variety in its own right Hong Kong English Wikipedia reference works reference texts describing Hong Kong English are beginning to emerge such as A Dictionary of Hong Kong English Words from the Fragrant Harbor Using these criteria scholars have pointed noted that Hong Kong English does indeed possess the attributes of a distinct variety

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