Useful Cantonese phrases. A collection of useful phrases in Cantonese, a variety of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, southern China, and a number of other places, in traditional characters and Yale Romanization. Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal. Click on any of the phrases that are links to hear them spoken.
John T. Scopes. John Thomas Scopes (1900-1970) was a substitute high school teacher who went on trial in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 for teaching evolution against State law. Chicago criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow unsuccessfully defended Scopes against the charge.
William Jennings Bryan, seated at left, is being interrogated by attorney Clarence Seward Darrow during the July 20, 1925 trial of State of Tennessee versus John Thomas Scopes in Dayton, Tenn. Scopes is on trial for violating a state law prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution.