{"id":159,"date":"2021-03-04T21:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T05:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farfromchina.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2021-04-18T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T19:01:44","slug":"will-overseas-chinese-lose-their-ability-to-speak-their-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farfromchina.com\/2021\/03\/04\/will-overseas-chinese-lose-their-ability-to-speak-their-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Overseas Chinese lose their ability to speak their language?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
My ability to speak Chinese was worse than fecal matter in my teens and I could never muster up any real effort until in my mid-20s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is it me? Or can I unencumber myself by blaming it all on the environment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think this is a pretty important question. If you are an Overseas Chinese who has lived away from a 100 per cent Chinese environment for years, decades or generations, you might find this amiss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heck, when I went to the University of Toronto, I met a Korean Singaporean. That blew my mind just like the Hindenburg when I realized that if she hadn’t told me she was Korean, I wouldn’t be able to tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n