A Dictionary of Hong Kong English
by Patrick J. Cummings, Hans-Georg Wolf
Hong Kong University Press
This book attempts to help you to buy char siu bao (barbecued pork bun) if you have trouble saying it in Cantonese at Hong Kong eateries.
It is the first dictionary of Hong Kong English (and one of the few non-native English dictionaries) and should be useful to tourists and businessmen who want to learn the kind of English being used here.
Speaking Chinglish or Canto-English, rather than English, is a cultural phenomenon shaped by Hong Kong's colonial history and socio-cultural environment.
Co-author Patrick J. Cummings has been teaching English and science in Hong Kong for more than a decade. Co-author Hans-Georg Wolf is a chair professor for Development and Variation of the English Language at Potsdam University in Germany.
The book contains about 460 examples of locally used words and phrases, and gives information on pronunciation, source language, definitions and examples.