Cantonese are addicted to drinking tea , as keeping with tradition .
广东人很迷喝茶,而且很传统。
Fewer than half of the 12 million people in the city speak cantonese .
在这座城市,不到六百万的人讲粤语。
So they tapped their two fingers on the table as a miniature form of prostration , laying the foundations of a habit still common in cantonese communities all over the world .
In this atmosphere those most desperate for alternative news and views flock to the foul-mouthed , flamboyantly cantonese broadcasts of mr shiu and other radical online shock-jocks .
' The custom of eating yee sang during chinese new year belongs to the cantonese , and given that the people of this dialect are mostly from kuala lumpur , it must have originated from here , ' said the president of the klang hokkien association , dr. ler cheng chye , to malaysian newspaper the star .