It was only when the girl learnt how to speak Mandarin that Chen Ai-chia discovered she had a distinct Taiwanese accent with a very rustic flavor about it! When Chen took the child out she also discovered that, even at this tender age, whenever they came across a temple she would have to do obeisance with a kind of mumbling chant that both angered and amused the woman, who is a baptized Christian.
等她學會講話，陳愛佳才發現她講的竟是一口林洋港式的台灣國語，草根味十足；帶她出門，更發現她小小年紀，竟然逢廟必拜，那付念念有詞的虔誠模樣，教受洗過的陳愛佳又好氣，又好笑。