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.
How Scope Adjustments Work. Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon, windage and elevation.â That sage advice came from Col. John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) in âThe Undefeated,â a film set in the era immediately after the Civil War, but it seems particularly appropriate today, when many shooters prefer adjusting their scopes for windage and elevation.