Interesting Notes on the Taiwanese Language

Note: This article was originally published on NotePD

I’ve lived in the US all my life and don’t look very Asian (I’m often confused for Latino or Middle Eastern), but I can speak the Taiwanese dialect of Chinese conversationally with very little accent. I picked up the language from my grandmother when I was little. It’s always fun to see the reactions of other Taiwanese speakers when I suddenly start speaking Taiwanese to them.

Here are some interesting things I’ve picked up about the Ta...