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.
On May 7, Scopes was officially arrested for violating Tennesseeâs anti-evolution statute. Less than a week later, William Jennings Bryan accepted an invitation from the Worldâs Christian Fundamentals Association to assist in Scopesâ prosecution. No one who knew the 65-year-old Bryan well should have been surprised by his involvement in the case.