Viral artwork pummelling city leaders, clever word plays and Cantonese cursing that would make a sailor blush -- Hong Kongers have displayed a characteristically riotous embrace of satire during their huge anti-government protests.
Viral artwork pummelling city leaders, clever word plays and Cantonese cursing that would make a sailor blush — Hong Kongers have displayed a characteristically riotous embrace of satire during their huge anti-government protests.
Outside the city’s parliament, a shrine has sprung up for the finance hub’s beleaguered pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam.The first word is a reference to protester demands that the extradition bill be permanently taken off the table, not just suspended as the government has now done.Cantonese is an uproariously caustic language with misogynistic insults to an opponent’s mother thrown around during even fairly pedestrian disagreements.
The word “hai” is arguably the rudest of what is dubbed “the five great Cantonese profanities” and refers to female genitalia. Yuen Chan, a journalism lecturer at London’s City University, says Hong Kong’s history as a trading hub has birthed a vernacular that absorbs influences “in endless creative and sometimes irreverent ways”.
The best go viral on chat groups, or are simply pinged to strangers’ phones as they walk down the street by others using Bluetooth and Apple’s Airdrop function.Youngsters have deployed so-called “elder memes” — written and designed in a style that appeals to their more conservative older relatives — in a bid to counter disinformation and win them over.
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