<![CDATA[Comments on: Check Your Spam]]> 2010-07-01 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: John]]> Very authentic image for this lesson. :)

]]> Very authentic image for this lesson. :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: pretzellogic]]> I get the occasional piece of Chinese spam, but not much. Do you need an Chinese email address before you get serious loads of spam?

And does Chinese spam come screaming into your inbox with information about Viagra, easy to own Rolex watches, and "natural male enhancement"?

]]> I get the occasional piece of Chinese spam, but not much. Do you need an Chinese email address before you get serious loads of spam?

And does Chinese spam come screaming into your inbox with information about Viagra, easy to own Rolex watches, and "natural male enhancement"?

]]> <![CDATA[By: tiaopidepi]]> (Apologies to anyone who's easily offended.) Out of 9 junk mail messages that got through my company-wide filter, four of them were from Taiwan. (The company stops a lot of spam before it gets to my Outlook/Exchange mailbox.) First lines from my Junk mailbox today:

bxe0j1l您好 www.guccixxxxx.com 超3A品質歡迎你的參觀。

and

圖看不爽≡你砍我屌?，愛現學〃生

and

清純美少∮女拍寫真?奶好大

and

老婆吵這要的情人節禮物

]]> (Apologies to anyone who's easily offended.) Out of 9 junk mail messages that got through my company-wide filter, four of them were from Taiwan. (The company stops a lot of spam before it gets to my Outlook/Exchange mailbox.) First lines from my Junk mailbox today:

bxe0j1l您好 www.guccixxxxx.com 超3A品質歡迎你的參觀。

and

圖看不爽≡你砍我屌?，愛現學〃生

and

清純美少∮女拍寫真?奶好大

and

老婆吵這要的情人節禮物

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> I get way more 垃圾短信/lājīduǎnxìn/sms spams than 垃圾邮件/lájīyóujiàn/junk mail.

]]> I get way more 垃圾短信/lājīduǎnxìn/sms spams than 垃圾邮件/lájīyóujiàn/junk mail.

]]> <![CDATA[By: sanptest111]]> wǒ tǎo yàn lā jī yóu jiàn

]]> wǒ tǎo yàn lā jī yóu jiàn

]]> <![CDATA[By: xiao_liang]]> That would really really annoy me. Thank god England has the preferential telephone list - you enter your number on a website, and *bing* no more spam calls, no more spam texts :)

]]> That would really really annoy me. Thank god England has the preferential telephone list - you enter your number on a website, and *bing* no more spam calls, no more spam texts :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: pretzellogic]]> It's probably my bad Chinese, but spam in the US is more amusing. Thanks for posting this.

]]> It's probably my bad Chinese, but spam in the US is more amusing. Thanks for posting this.

]]> <![CDATA[By: chanelle77]]> Can you say ""打 email“ ( 给你打个email)？  I'm quite sure I have heard this 打 in stead of 发 a lot around me, but I have been told by a teacher this is "not done". Anyone？

]]> Can you say ""打 email“ ( 给你打个email)？  I'm quite sure I have heard this 打 in stead of 发 a lot around me, but I have been told by a teacher this is "not done". Anyone？

]]> <![CDATA[By: dunderklumpen]]> I googled various combinations of ...打...email and ...打...电邮 but got very few hits. I'd guess it's not a common collocation.

]]> I googled various combinations of ...打...email and ...打...电邮 but got very few hits. I'd guess it's not a common collocation.

]]> <![CDATA[By: chanelle77]]> Yeah I did the same, and 打email showed up quite a few times....maybe it is 口语？！

]]> Yeah I did the same, and 打email showed up quite a few times....maybe it is 口语？！

]]> <![CDATA[By: shanghai_helios]]> How do you say "spam folder"?

And the anti-spam programs that enstalled to catch the spam?

And, finally, is there a verb that describes the action when email messages are identified and then sent into anti-spam list? For example, "my office anti-spam software caught your messsage and sent it to the spam folder"

]]> How do you say "spam folder"?

And the anti-spam programs that enstalled to catch the spam?

And, finally, is there a verb that describes the action when email messages are identified and then sent into anti-spam list? For example, "my office anti-spam software caught your messsage and sent it to the spam folder"

]]> <![CDATA[By: JasonSch]]> Hi Helios,

文件夹 is (wénjiànjiā) is 'folder' is in both the physical world, and on your computer. So, spam folder would be 垃圾邮件文件夹 (lājī yóujiàn wénjiànjiā). I think you can also shorten it to simply, 垃圾文件夹.

As for 'to be sent to accidentally as opposed to directly', I think 转到 (zhuǎndào) would work well here. (I found it quite a bit on the web also just to make sure). 转到 literally means to 'transfer to', but gives the feeling of something that changed direction as well.

I'm not sure about how to say the specific type of program your referring to. We'll have to ask a teacher on Monday when they're back in the office! Hope that helps for now.

]]> Hi Helios,

文件夹 is (wénjiànjiā) is 'folder' is in both the physical world, and on your computer. So, spam folder would be 垃圾邮件文件夹 (lājī yóujiàn wénjiànjiā). I think you can also shorten it to simply, 垃圾文件夹.

As for 'to be sent to accidentally as opposed to directly', I think 转到 (zhuǎndào) would work well here. (I found it quite a bit on the web also just to make sure). 转到 literally means to 'transfer to', but gives the feeling of something that changed direction as well.

I'm not sure about how to say the specific type of program your referring to. We'll have to ask a teacher on Monday when they're back in the office! Hope that helps for now.

]]> <![CDATA[By: and0709]]> In a colloquial sense, can 'laji' be used the same way we use the word 'garbage' in english e.g. 'this person is rubbish', or ' that movie was garbage'?

]]> In a colloquial sense, can 'laji' be used the same way we use the word 'garbage' in english e.g. 'this person is rubbish', or ' that movie was garbage'?

]]> <![CDATA[By: JasonSch]]> Yeah, it can. I'm not sure if there are limitations as to what types of things can be called 垃圾 (lājī), but I've always heard it with inanimate objects. I'm guessing you could use it with people as well though.

]]> Yeah, it can. I'm not sure if there are limitations as to what types of things can be called 垃圾 (lājī), but I've always heard it with inanimate objects. I'm guessing you could use it with people as well though.

]]> <![CDATA[By: orangina]]> It is probably terribly annoying for native speakers, but I tend to treat them as unexpected 汉字 lessons. So far phone spam is not so thematically... interesting... as email spam. My favorite is when they send you a bank account number. No explanation. Yeah, let me just run down to the bank and make a deposit. I'll be right on that.

]]> It is probably terribly annoying for native speakers, but I tend to treat them as unexpected 汉字 lessons. So far phone spam is not so thematically... interesting... as email spam. My favorite is when they send you a bank account number. No explanation. Yeah, let me just run down to the bank and make a deposit. I'll be right on that.

]]> <![CDATA[By: dunderklumpen]]> Really!? I guess my search engine favors english and swedish sites then.

]]> Really!? I guess my search engine favors english and swedish sites then.

]]> <![CDATA[By: dunderklumpen]]> Being a tiny viking I am obliged to remind 大家 of this piece of art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ6N5m8FpVg

:-)

]]> Being a tiny viking I am obliged to remind 大家 of this piece of art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ6N5m8FpVg

:-)

]]> <![CDATA[By: jiarenlun]]> Teachers, thanks for breaking down wo3 gang1 gang1 gei3 ni3 faa le ge you2 jian4... very helpful! :^)

]]> Teachers, thanks for breaking down wo3 gang1 gang1 gei3 ni3 faa le ge you2 jian4... very helpful! :^)

]]> <![CDATA[By: istara]]> I'd never heard the term "rubbish" or "garbage" mail before. Don't people usually say "junk" mail?

]]> I'd never heard the term "rubbish" or "garbage" mail before. Don't people usually say "junk" mail?

]]> <![CDATA[By: bodawei]]> I get really beautiful spam SMS from my phone company - pretty (moving) picture and a lovely thought. No hard sell. :) [I posted one to these recently.] Then I also get possibly one or two per day on average offering special deals. I like the spam because I am sure that some of the special deals are worthwhile - just have to be sure I understand them.

]]> I get really beautiful spam SMS from my phone company - pretty (moving) picture and a lovely thought. No hard sell. :) [I posted one to these recently.] Then I also get possibly one or two per day on average offering special deals. I like the spam because I am sure that some of the special deals are worthwhile - just have to be sure I understand them.

]]> <![CDATA[By: changye]]> Hi bodawei

I often get spams written in Russian, and I ended up buying a small Russian/Japanese dictionary. In this sense, spams are not necessarily a bad thing, hehe.

]]> Hi bodawei

I often get spams written in Russian, and I ended up buying a small Russian/Japanese dictionary. In this sense, spams are not necessarily a bad thing, hehe.

]]> <![CDATA[By: tiaopidepi]]> I often try to read my Chinese spam but there are often words that don't appear in any dictionaries I have online.

]]> I often try to read my Chinese spam but there are often words that don't appear in any dictionaries I have online.

]]> <![CDATA[By: tiaopidepi]]> I got an SMS spam on the train from Shanghai to Nanjing. As I entered some town's cellular service area I got a message on my phone telling me to stop and relax, have some lunch and enjoy this beautiful town. Brilliantly targeted marketing!

]]> I got an SMS spam on the train from Shanghai to Nanjing. As I entered some town's cellular service area I got a message on my phone telling me to stop and relax, have some lunch and enjoy this beautiful town. Brilliantly targeted marketing!

]]> <![CDATA[By: suxiaoya]]> It's incredible how they do that. Even upon entering the Shanghai Expo site, I received targetted Expo-related SMS spam... scary.

]]> It's incredible how they do that. Even upon entering the Shanghai Expo site, I received targetted Expo-related SMS spam... scary.

]]> <![CDATA[By: therapist]]>

Regarding 垃圾 :---Dictionary meaning is --garbage, disposal, rubbish,

refuse.

垃圾箱 ( la ji xiang ) obviously means garbage can or dustbin.

一堆垃圾 ( yi dui la ji ) would be a heap of garbage.

I feel it is reffered to inanimate objects. But in contexts like : " you talk rubbish", la ji can be used.

Therapist

]]>

Regarding 垃圾 :---Dictionary meaning is --garbage, disposal, rubbish,

refuse.

垃圾箱 ( la ji xiang ) obviously means garbage can or dustbin.

一堆垃圾 ( yi dui la ji ) would be a heap of garbage.

I feel it is reffered to inanimate objects. But in contexts like : " you talk rubbish", la ji can be used.

Therapist

]]> <![CDATA[By: xiao_liang]]> What an unfortunate username...

]]> What an unfortunate username...

]]> <![CDATA[By: nitrostephens]]> I have heard people use 垃圾 to refer to themselves or others (jokingly and between friends) mostly in the context of measuring their performance or level of expertise in something. My language partner is a tennis lover and frequently says that his (or his friends') play is 垃圾.

]]> I have heard people use 垃圾 to refer to themselves or others (jokingly and between friends) mostly in the context of measuring their performance or level of expertise in something. My language partner is a tennis lover and frequently says that his (or his friends') play is 垃圾.

]]> <![CDATA[By: chanelle77]]> I asked this question at my uni and it most likely means to write an email in stead of sending it. Cpod any thoughts on this?

]]> I asked this question at my uni and it most likely means to write an email in stead of sending it. Cpod any thoughts on this?

]]> <![CDATA[By: orangina]]> 拉猪，拉猪，拉猪，拉猪啊地拉猪，拉猪！

Hmmm, might work better if spam were a chicken derivative rather than pork... 拉鸡

]]> 拉猪，拉猪，拉猪，拉猪啊地拉猪，拉猪！

Hmmm, might work better if spam were a chicken derivative rather than pork... 拉鸡

]]> <![CDATA[By: dunderklumpen]]> 哈哈 :-)

]]> 哈哈 :-)

]]> <![CDATA[By: linhaiping]]> hi ! i am a chinese girl. and I wanna learn english .and we can exchange .please add me .thank you!my Email：linhaiping1234@yeah.net

]]> hi ! i am a chinese girl. and I wanna learn english .and we can exchange .please add me .thank you!my Email：linhaiping1234@yeah.net

]]> <![CDATA[By: go_manly]]> WANT TO

]]> WANT TO

]]> <![CDATA[By: linhaiping]]> hi my name is heaven . nice to meet you!

]]> hi my name is heaven . nice to meet you!

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