Talk:車頭

Philippine Hokkien

@Justinrleung By the way, in the Philippines, 車頭 means "driver", like "司機". Not sure if this is just in the Philippines, because I think recent immigrants from Jinjiang to the Philippines also use this word. --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 09:40, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

@Mar vin kaiser: We could just put Philippines for now. I don't think we have anyone actually from Jinjiang here. @Tooironic, do you know any Min Nan speaker from Jinjiang to ask them about this? — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 09:45, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

I just asked five friends from various parts of Min Nan. They all said they have never heard of this usage. ---> Tooironic (talk) 09:55, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

@Tooironic, thanks for your quick response! — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 10:01, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

@Justinrleung Yes, confirmed it with my friend's grandmother from Jinjiang, who moved to the Philippines in the 80's. She said that only Chinese in the Philippines use that word with that meaning. --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 16:28, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

@Mar vin kaiser: that's awesome! Thanks for confirming! — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 18:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

@Justinrleung My Malaysian friend told me that 車頭 (as driver) was an old term, that she has heard this in old films. That means the usage is not restricted to the Philippines. What do you think? --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 17:10, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

@Mar vin kaiser It might be the case. Do you know which films in particular? We should probably have some actual quotations from films as proof. Perhaps it might be restricted to Southeast Asia? — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 18:55, 20 March 2017 (UTC)