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.
A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1  William Jennings Bryan, center, arrives at Dayton, Tenn., in 1925. Bryan, a fundamentalist, is associate prosecutor in the trial of the State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes, a public school teacher who violated the law when he taught the biological theory of evolution.