Shanghai Speak
March 27th , 2008"Gong gong gong vuh vuh vuh zuh zuh zuh."
Like the gutteral wet slobbering of a vommiting pig.
Everytime I hear shanghainese people speak to each other, I feel like I'm watching monkeys bicker in an ugly dance of self-defense. No warmth, no emotion, just assholes being defensive and offensive. Each sentence is a preemptive strike full of sarcasm and fear, malicious and hurtful, vile and bitter.
The only expression that could possibly be positive in the conversation is laughter, but its invariably twisted into something malicious, like hyenas sucking the will from their prey to make it an easier and more submissive kill.
Show a shanghainese person empathy or sympathy and their reaction is to take advantage of you. And if one genuinely cares for youthe best they can do is not hurt you. The warmer you are, the more they will pull away. To shanghainese, refraining from attack is love...
Wonderful city...
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