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Chou hau and the sociolinguistics of swear words in cantonese, said that regardless of official discouragement of the use of triad language, triad language or triadassociated language is an. The variety of chinese spoken in and around guangzhou. They are either too bulky and expensive to use conveniently, and not updated regularly enough, or they are too small to cover all the words you might need. It can be treated as a cantonese dictionary and i have taken away the gang secret languages. Cccanto is an optional download in the free section of the addons screen. The language of hong kong movies, street gangs and city life.
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