藤兒點評：「Ting Hai Effect」（丁蟹效應）給人的啟示，其強大的效應早以超出了股市財經的範疇。
這個「Ting Hai Effect」英語正式名稱，顯然不是普通話漢語拼音的拼寫模式。中國方言“粵語”的廣大生存空間，不是因為泱泱大國——中國可憐廣東/香港而皇恩浩蕩，而是香港“粵語”自身頑強生命力的象徵。
如果現在把「Ting Hai Effect」改為普通話漢語拼音的拼寫模式，再發布出去，人人見後都不知所云。香港/廣東人還是自信的雄起吧！中國方言“粵語”在當今世界範圍的使用和流行，仍然勢不可擋。試一試普通話漢語拼音的拼寫模式“Ding Xie Effect”，或許除了中國大陸本土的大多數人可以看懂以外，幾乎整個世界都不知所云，連發音都會感覺困難。
中國滿語的覆滅是由於滿族人自暴自棄；中國上海人的後人都再也不願意開口說上海話，是因為上海人自我矮化的惡果！
世界上還有更離譜的事，以色列亡國之後歷經1800多年之中，其猶太文化、宗教和屬於亞非語系閃米特語族（或屬閃含語系閃語族）的希伯來語（עִבְרִית Ivrit，讀音：[iv'ri:t]）居然苟延殘喘得以生存。自從20世紀特別是以色列復國以來，“希伯來語”作為口語在猶太人中復活，漸漸取代阿拉伯語、拉迪諾語和意第緒語，以色列復國後將“希伯來語”定為官方語言之一，採用希伯來語字母書寫。
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以現在中國方言“粵語”在當今世界範圍的使用和流行的程度來推斷，即使中國在香港/廣東全面禁止使用粵語，中國方言“粵語”的死期仍然遙遙無期......
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來源：明報 2015-04-20
丁蟹效應戰勝央媽降准 港股急挫近700點
無綫重播《大時代》，應驗「丁蟹效應」。
中國下調存款準備金率推動實體經濟發展，仍難敵「丁蟹效應」逐步迫近。香港市股周一早市走勢反覆，半日下跌0.29%。下午跌幅擴大至近700點，恆指隨後低見27123點並持續走低。中國內地股市掉頭向下，港股亦跟隨擴大跌幅。恆指周一收市27094點，跌558點。
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來源：CBCNEWS Apr 29, 2015
Cantonese language could disappear, says UBC linguist Zoe Lam
Chinese government's preference for Mandarin seen as major threat to Cantonese
The text reads: “Be civilized. Use simplified written characters. Speak Putonghua (Mandarin)," says UBC's Zoe Lam. (UBC)
The Cantonese language could disappear within a couple of generations because of social pressures and the actions of the Chinese government, according to a UBC linguistics researcher.
Zoe Lam says while there are an estimated 70 to 100 million Cantonese speakers around the world right now, the Chinese government's preference for the Putonghua language — also know as Mandarin — is threatening the survival of Cantonese.
"When I was last in China, there were banners saying, 'Be civilized. Speak Putonghua,' everywhere, including at the airport," said Lam, who recently won UBC's Three Minute Thesis competition.
Cantonese is the traditional language group of southern and southeastern China, including Hong Kong and Macau, and is spoken by many overseas Chinese communities around the world.
Mandarin is a group of languages traditionally spoken across the north and southwest regions of China, including the ruling elite in Beijing, and is the official language of the government.
While the two spoken language groups are distinct, they share many words and a closely related written form.
In southern China, the Guangdong National Language Regulations were enacted to restrict the use of Cantonese in the media, she said.
UBC linguistics researcher Zoe Lam warns Cantonese could be wiped out. (UBC)
"Many people see that as a threat of cultural genocide," she said.
She also claims that in Hong Kong, where people have traditionally spoken Cantonese, 72 per cent of primary schools now use Putonghua as the medium of instruction in Chinese language classes according to an unofficial survey.
"That's worrying. For a lot of abstract concepts like political science or philosophy, they may only know how to think in Mandarin, and not be able to express themselves very well in Cantonese.
"The chief executive of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, took the oath of office in Putonghua, unlike the former chief executives, who did it in Cantonese. Many people think that his language choice was a 'kowtow' to Beijing."
And it is not just in China where the language is threatened, said Lam.
"For example, in Vancouver there are a lot of Cantonese speakers whose children are 'heritage speakers,' which means they learn the language from their parents. But when those heritage speakers have children they will probably speak English to their kids."
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