Someday I might actually really learn Cantonese

Not much going on, apart from trip preparations.  For those interested in such, I'm giving a blow-by-blow on Facebook.  AnD fans are spared.I think I've experienced another breakthrough with Cantonese.  About time is all I can say.  I've been slogging away for close to 2 years now, and that last plateau was more akin to a deep trough that I was stuck in for about 6 months.  I guess, if you keep at it long enough, any language is bound to yield at some point and things that just didn't make sense (or that you couldn't remember no matter how many different ways you tried to get them into your long-term memory) suddenly make a great deal of sense (and you can remember them from one day to the next).  After more than a year, on a whim I decided to review the last few chapters of the Pimsleur audio course:  the chapters that never made sense because they were introducing grammar concepts, but no explanation of those concepts.  In the meantime, I've learned a great deal about those same grammar concepts from another course (the old tried and true Foreign Service Institute Cantonese course available free on the internet).  Now, going back to the audio course, it is all falling into place.  Also, 2 weeks of intensive audio work is yielding great benefits in terms of understanding more and more movies and television series in Canto.  The funny thing is my husband, after listening to Canto for 2 years now (despite his best efforts not to), is specifically asking for the Canto soundtrack on the latest Mainland series we are watching, even though more than half of the actors are speaking Mando in this one.  He said he liked the way the actors who dubbed the thing into Canto delivered their lines more than the actors originally speaking Mando.  If even the uninitiated can hear how much more expressive Canto is, you have to wonder why it hasn't caught on as the language of choice for everyday oral communication in China.  Just be sure, Mandarin speakers, when you lynch me, you hang me high!