9.25.2006

有邊讀邊

TH見到兩字,讀「甲由」;之前他試過把「裕記」唸成「欲記」。

想起朋友J的兒子,4歲多時上麵店,指著菜牌說要吃「牛九(丸)麵。」

另一位朋友N的兒子,在南丫島碼頭問:「個島咁得意,叫南Y島?」

我們是怎樣學習語言的?除了正規的教授以外,專家說語言往往是「習得」(acquisition)的。怎樣習得?就是從日常生活一點一滴地累積起來。TH在街上見到什麼字詞,喜歡朗聲讀出,讀錯不打緊,因為這樣才有糾正的機會,最怕的倒是把不該讀的都讀了 - 什麼G奶、蒙麵戀、索 - 到時該怎麼跟他解說這些「中文」的意思呢?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

姑姐,
我都好憎好憎好憎同阿仔行過報攤,見到D封面寫住”擒”,”啜”,”賴”,”喪溝”,”喪xxxx”等等字眼,根本係你唔買都無用,這些東西已徹底深入了我o地的生活,而我就只有眼巴巴地看著這些垃圾文字污染著我們的下一代,所謂的道德底線已跌到低得不能再低,甚至我在懷疑是否還有一條底線。而傳媒又被這班不知所謂的人操控著,為了錢,甚麼都問得出,寫得出,作得出。我o地以前好鐘意看”清新周刊”,”青春”等雜誌,比較踩界的都只係”姊妹”的彩頁部份; 現在的娛樂雜誌所有封面,都是願意與不願意的走光相,喪蒲喪界相,有乜意思?但是這些東西又切切實實影響著我,我只有無奈地,無助地,看著我的小兒在這樣的一個社會下成長。
以前,香港電影界有一場“清潔運動”,反對意識不良的電影。
最近,大規模的阿嬌事件掀起了一場風波,但,點解“便利”還可以在出,還有人買?殺一本便利,還有好多本便利。咱們的政府是否真的應該出手做Do野呢?
YO

小杜 said...

Yo:

這就是我說的「切膚之痛」。為人父母與非為人父母的分別,正正在於此。

但政府又可以做什麼呢?我們願意為了抗衡這樣一個不知所謂的媒介環境,接受政府加在言論自由上的刀嗎?長遠來說,我們會幫了還是害了下一代?

真的不知道。

mclamb said...
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mclamb said...

My heart just missed a beat reading the message.
This is a reflection of how low our society and the people are sinking.
If there's a place on this planet earth with a media that can rival Hong Kong's, let me know cos that will be some eye-opener. Not even the British tabloids would have gone this far.
Language is a powerful tool and the violence of language has devastating effects beyond imagination. I do get very upset seeing vulgarism in print which keeps haunting me and takes forever to erase.
The 'Clean-up Movement' was a direct response to the dwindling Cantonese film industry so I guess it won't happen for the media nowadays as long as there's money to make and dirty palms to grease. Besides, what can you expect from the industry people these days? Not like there are Lo Dun, Ng Wui, Lee Sun-fung, Ng Cho-fan, Chun Kim and the like among them.
There's so much one can do trying to steer away from vulgarism on delivery. Still there's a price to pay--you're treated as an outcast and risk being branded '扮無知','扮高檔'. But who cares? Our children deserve better than that.

健吾 said...

借一句《斷背山》

If you can't fix it, stand it.

朋友有一次,試過教一個新加坡讀雜誌,是一個闊太去ball的故事:

老牌波后大晒陳皮奶

你看?點教?原來要拆字,要解喻意,後來才發現,原來,呢個世界真係有好多東西,是需要教的。

Anonymous said...

哎!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YO