Comments on: English-Influenced Foochow Bible http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/ GnuDoyng @ blogsome Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:09:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: teurasia@hotmail.com http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-26 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:05:37 +0000 http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-26 My Grandfather helped set up a church in Foochow in the early 1900's, my father still has his Foochow bible. Wouldn't that be an interesting thing if there was some kind of connection. This Foochow bible that you make reference to, which denomination does it belong to? My Grandfather helped set up a church in Foochow in the early 1900’s, my father still has his Foochow bible. Wouldn’t that be an interesting thing if there was some kind of connection. This Foochow bible that you make reference to, which denomination does it belong to?

]]> by: teurasia http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-25 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:46:31 +0000 http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-25 My parents are from Fuzhou and I would really love to hear other native speakers other than my family. I've been surrounded by cantonese speakers and almost feel like a minority within a minority. What other websites and such, are there? My parents are from Fuzhou and I would really love to hear other native speakers other than my family. I’ve been surrounded by cantonese speakers and almost feel like a minority within a minority. What other websites and such, are there?

]]> by: gnudoyng http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-24 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:23:19 +0100 http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-24 Thanks for the infomation, Alan. I once read in some magazine that Foochowese have already become the most widely spoken language among Chinese people in New York City, even more widely than Cantonese. From your comment above, however, I see it's not quite true. Hopefully, our work can change the apathy of common Foochow people both home and abroad. It is impossible to explain with reason why I'm so passionate about Foochowese. But I know that something must be done before our mother tongue ceases to be spoken. That is a moral issue. Thanks for the infomation, Alan. I once read in some magazine that Foochowese have already become the most widely spoken language among Chinese people in New York City, even more widely than Cantonese. From your comment above, however, I see it’s not quite true.

Hopefully, our work can change the apathy of common Foochow people both home and abroad. It is impossible to explain with reason why I’m so passionate about Foochowese. But I know that something must be done before our mother tongue ceases to be spoken. That is a moral issue.

]]> by: Alan http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-22 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:51:42 +0100 http://gnudoyng.blogsome.com/2007/07/15/english-influenced-foochow-bible/#comment-22 Hey dude, you have a very interesting blog. Why are you so interested in promoting Foochowese? I am just curious. I was born and raised in Fuzhou until I left for college in 1983. I have a lot of Foochow relatives living in America. Many of them speak Cantonese instead of Foochowese with their peers. They only speak Foochowese with older parents and grandparents. As a Foochow native, I personally don't have much respect for that language. Maybe you can enlighten me as to why I should care about my mother tongue when it's not even well regarded by lots of its native speakers. Some of your blog entries reminded me of my scholarly papers written during my graduate studies of Linguistics many years ago. Hey dude, you have a very interesting blog. Why are you so interested in promoting Foochowese? I am just curious. I was born and raised in Fuzhou until I left for college in 1983. I have a lot of Foochow relatives living in America. Many of them speak Cantonese instead of Foochowese with their peers. They only speak Foochowese with older parents and grandparents. As a Foochow native, I personally don’t have much respect for that language. Maybe you can enlighten me as to why I should care about my mother tongue when it’s not even well regarded by lots of its native speakers. Some of your blog entries reminded me of my scholarly papers written during my graduate studies of Linguistics many years ago.

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