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On July 14 at 4:54 AM by anonymous519113

By the way, the character for Wǒ (I/me) won't display on this page for me for some reason. Anyone else having this problem? Read more

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On July 14 at 4:48 AM by anonymous519113

I like the characters for 骂人 màrén (to cuss someone out). The 马 (mǎ, 'horse') reminds me of the American slang expression, 'to ride some... Read more

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Posted on: I'm gonna be Late
On July 14 at 4:32 AM by brianhz

BBC English is probably not keeping up with everyday English usage as far as this type of thing goes, ie they are a little conservative. On the ABC in... Read more

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Posted on: Ice Cream Run
On July 14 at 4:12 AM by wenjong

Thanks babardwan... the google images idea is a good one (though was unavailable to me with my paper dictionary in hand looking to take a bus from Jin... Read more

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Posted on: I'm gonna be Late
On July 14 at 3:55 AM by wenjong

Never heard of or seen "ganna". What area of the world is that from? Gonna is a verbal contraction of "going to" as wanna is a verbal contraction o... Read more

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Posted on: I'm gonna be Late
On July 14 at 3:25 AM by bababardwan

ok, just had a listen. Firstly I'd say that Dilu is awesome and Jenny makes a great point when she says: "as someone whose native language isn't En... Read more

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Posted on: I'm gonna be Late
On July 14 at 3:07 AM by bababardwan

great expression babyeggplant...where'd you pick it up from? Read more

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Posted on: Mild Swearing
On July 14 at 2:39 AM by lujiaojie

Thank you for pointing that out. Fixed! Read more

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On July 14 at 2:32 AM by lujiaojie

Thank you for pointing that out. Fixed! Read more

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Posted on: I'm gonna be Late
On July 14 at 2:32 AM by bababardwan

thanks for that mate. I'll keep that in mind and keep more of an eye on this 呢. The first usage I learnt of it was 你呢？ as in, ..and how about you? I g... Read more