Vocabulary of Hong Kong protest slogans and new characters

Language Log 2019-09-01

Summary:

The Hong Kong extradition bill protesters have developed a vocabulary of slogans and newly invented polysyllabic characters which they wield deftly.  Here are two instances from the Twitter feed of Ryan Ho Kilpatrick documenting this weekend's protest activities on the way to and in the Hong Kong International Airport.  If you scan through the photographs […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=44272

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

09/01/2019, 13:03

Date published:

09/01/2019, 10:28