<![CDATA[Comments on: Special Green Hat]]> 2010-03-16 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: mark]]>
Adds a whole new dimension to the leprichan thing.

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Adds a whole new dimension to the leprichan thing.

]]> <![CDATA[By: dastbehkeer]]> this dialog was really predictable. As soon as the girl said "happy birthday" , I thought to myself "I bet someone is going to give him a green hat as a gift and it'll be an akward moment"

Every China culture book and guide book has a section explaining that green hats are no-no's.

]]> this dialog was really predictable. As soon as the girl said "happy birthday" , I thought to myself "I bet someone is going to give him a green hat as a gift and it'll be an akward moment"

Every China culture book and guide book has a section explaining that green hats are no-no's.

]]> <![CDATA[By: John]]> It has to be covered sooner or later.

To our credit, we did wait 4 years before succumbing. :)

]]> It has to be covered sooner or later.

To our credit, we did wait 4 years before succumbing. :)

]]> <![CDATA[By: dastbehkeer]]> Question: if we wanted to say "blue hat" or "yellow hat" could we say lanmaozi / huangmaozi,  or would we have to say lanse de maozi & huangse de maozi ?

]]> Question: if we wanted to say "blue hat" or "yellow hat" could we say lanmaozi / huangmaozi,  or would we have to say lanse de maozi & huangse de maozi ?

]]> <![CDATA[By: putao]]> yeah speaking of 4 years, time flies, soon it will be time for the World Cup episode v2.0!

]]> yeah speaking of 4 years, time flies, soon it will be time for the World Cup episode v2.0!

]]> <![CDATA[By: dastbehkeer]]> the writing exercise has a tonal error. It says that the 子 in 绿帽子 is 3rd tone, but it should be neutral tone

]]> the writing exercise has a tonal error. It says that the 子 in 绿帽子 is 3rd tone, but it should be neutral tone

]]> <![CDATA[By: putao]]> which means I have been studying for how long.... ?

And thinking back, John wasn't that of your first lessons?

Speaking of which, whatever happened to that initiative to re-launch the older lessons (not that there was anything wrong with them....)?

]]> which means I have been studying for how long.... ?

And thinking back, John wasn't that of your first lessons?

Speaking of which, whatever happened to that initiative to re-launch the older lessons (not that there was anything wrong with them....)?

]]> <![CDATA[By: lujiaojie]]> lánmàozi / huángmàozi 和 lánsè de màozi/ huángsì de màozi 都可以说。

]]> lánmàozi / huángmàozi 和 lánsè de màozi/ huángsì de màozi 都可以说。

]]> <![CDATA[By: dastbehkeer]]> thank you!!

]]> thank you!!

]]> <![CDATA[By: dastbehkeer]]> I'm wondering if it would be rediculous and unheard of if a little Chinese kid wore a Chinese hat out in public. I'm also wondering if it is especially difficult to find green hats for sale in China. If a high school kid(male) wore a green hat out in public, would he be rediculed by all of his peers, or would people just think "he's a high school kid, he obviously isn't married" and not make a deal out of it

]]> I'm wondering if it would be rediculous and unheard of if a little Chinese kid wore a Chinese hat out in public. I'm also wondering if it is especially difficult to find green hats for sale in China. If a high school kid(male) wore a green hat out in public, would he be rediculed by all of his peers, or would people just think "he's a high school kid, he obviously isn't married" and not make a deal out of it

]]> <![CDATA[By: lujiaojie]]> Sorry, I can't find that "tonal error". Can you tell me where is it? Thank you in advance.

]]> Sorry, I can't find that "tonal error". Can you tell me where is it? Thank you in advance.

]]> <![CDATA[By: changye]]> 我相信，中国人民解放军不可能有“Green Berets”。

]]> 我相信，中国人民解放军不可能有“Green Berets”。

]]> <![CDATA[By: chonglang]]> 你的戒指怎么戴在右手上？

Why are you wearing your ring on your left hand

You might want to check this in the expansion i think it might be wrong.....Thanks Tom

]]> 你的戒指怎么戴在右手上？

Why are you wearing your ring on your left hand

You might want to check this in the expansion i think it might be wrong.....Thanks Tom

]]> <![CDATA[By: wangwu911]]> 貌似你很了解中国啊？

]]> 貌似你很了解中国啊？

]]> <![CDATA[By: catherinem]]> For the record I didn't know this cultural fact until we were planning the lesson. Then coincidentally one of the speakers at last weekend's Int'l Literary Festival (Su Tong) here in Shanghai brought up a story about his childhood which involved "green hats." This stuff can come in handy! (Apparently calling someone a turtle in Suzhou means they wear a green hat).

]]> For the record I didn't know this cultural fact until we were planning the lesson. Then coincidentally one of the speakers at last weekend's Int'l Literary Festival (Su Tong) here in Shanghai brought up a story about his childhood which involved "green hats." This stuff can come in handy! (Apparently calling someone a turtle in Suzhou means they wear a green hat).

]]> <![CDATA[By: ellen_counselor]]> My colleague told me today is an Irish festival: St. Patrick's day. People should wear in green on that day. It's like their national holiday.
Happy St. Patrick's day to people who celebrate it! 圣帕特里克节快乐！:)

]]> My colleague told me today is an Irish festival: St. Patrick's day. People should wear in green on that day. It's like their national holiday.
Happy St. Patrick's day to people who celebrate it! 圣帕特里克节快乐！:)

]]> <![CDATA[By: catherinem]]> You are totally correct. I've just fixed it. Thank you for pointing it out!

]]> You are totally correct. I've just fixed it. Thank you for pointing it out!

]]> <![CDATA[By: shanghai_helios]]> "这是我在美国给你买的礼物。"

Why does "给你" follow "在美国"? It would seem that "买" would follow "在美国" because that is describing where the hat was purchased.

Can we say :"这是我在美国买给你的礼物。"?

Is another word order for this sentance possible?

]]> "这是我在美国给你买的礼物。"

Why does "给你" follow "在美国"? It would seem that "买" would follow "在美国" because that is describing where the hat was purchased.

Can we say :"这是我在美国买给你的礼物。"?

Is another word order for this sentance possible?

]]> <![CDATA[By: lujiaojie]]> Yes, you can say: 这是我在美国买给你的礼物。

]]> Yes, you can say: 这是我在美国买给你的礼物。

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> 祝大家圣帕特里克节快乐【特别是肯】

我还带绿色的衣服

我觉得了不起一个故事就让十多亿人几百年以后不敢带绿帽子

其实，大概五亿人

]]> 祝大家圣帕特里克节快乐【特别是肯】

我还带绿色的衣服

我觉得了不起一个故事就让十多亿人几百年以后不敢带绿帽子

其实，大概五亿人

]]> <![CDATA[By: changye]]> 我这个日本人对自己祖国的了解也不够深，更何况是中国这么庞大的国家！

]]> 我这个日本人对自己祖国的了解也不够深，更何况是中国这么庞大的国家！

]]> <![CDATA[By: thinkbuddha]]> The clue might have been in the name of the dialogue: Special Green Hat...

]]> The clue might have been in the name of the dialogue: Special Green Hat...

]]> <![CDATA[By: lydia1981]]> maybe the person giving him this present was trying to tell him something? ;-)

]]> maybe the person giving him this present was trying to tell him something? ;-)

]]> <![CDATA[By: putao]]> Well you never know, probably they travel alot on their assignments and are away from home for extended periods.... hey is that why they wear green berets?

]]> Well you never know, probably they travel alot on their assignments and are away from home for extended periods.... hey is that why they wear green berets?

]]> <![CDATA[By: jianghongwei]]> 在中国，“送钟”也是不行的，因为”送钟“sounds like”送终“

]]> 在中国，“送钟”也是不行的，因为”送钟“sounds like”送终“

]]> <![CDATA[By: mo_han]]> Hope it doesn't mean that all wives in Irland cheat on their husbands that day ;)

]]> Hope it doesn't mean that all wives in Irland cheat on their husbands that day ;)

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> That would really make it Ire land, but all jokes aside, actually the English name for Ireland doesn't come from the English "ire" but from "Eiru" the matron Goddess of Ireland in Irish mythology. Don't think she was too au fait with such a distant [place and time] cultural faux pas. 万岁 the wearin' o' the green !

]]> That would really make it Ire land, but all jokes aside, actually the English name for Ireland doesn't come from the English "ire" but from "Eiru" the matron Goddess of Ireland in Irish mythology. Don't think she was too au fait with such a distant [place and time] cultural faux pas. 万岁 the wearin' o' the green !

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