Any one from China

Polly

Nay ho Nay ho. Phew I have finally got my wits back, so here is my answer to your question ElectroPhysics. I agree entirely with KL and would say the choice ultimately depends on your desination and purpose of learning the language. One other thing, Cantonese is only a dialect while Mandarin will be (one of) the lingua franca in the future (according to the soothsayers ) and many many native speakers of Cantonese in Hong Kong are learning Mandarin, so you see the trend.

jimmy p

ah Ivan you are a scream. I have a friend from Hong Kong who speaks Cantonese....(thats just some thread relevance) ooh, and he taught me how to write "big man" and say "Hi" in Cantonese so I'm well on the way!

KLscilevothma

Nay Ho!
Ask your friend to teach you write "mathematics" in Chinese. When I meet my friends, I usually say hi (in English).

toloXXX

Why Chinese ?

There are alot in Maryland. You can go search somewhere around your workplace...

toloXXX

Monique,

Are you a Chinese ?

i amnot a Chinese, but I learnt Chinese for some years...

PrudensOptimus

Lol, Monique is not Chinese. She's too european to look chinese.