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On February 05 at 2:54 AM by alexlexilu

So in Canada do we have a 总理 or a 首相? And for each provinces? Someone in Canada can tell me... And how do you call the Queen Elizabeth / prince Will... Read more

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On February 05 at 2:52 AM by alexlexilu

I really love the teacher's voice (number D)... 沈老师 I can't remember hearing her before... please put her on again. Read more

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On February 05 at 2:51 AM by pretzellogic

This was helpful, but I thought I would finally learn Chinese rank structure. It's not clear to me that the ways that a Chinese person would refer to... Read more

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On February 05 at 2:25 AM by selfcontrol2011

LuXun's thoughts on traveling throughout East Asia aren't related to this discussion. Nothing can be done about the past (in terms of foreign word... Read more

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On February 05 at 2:18 AM by selfcontrol2011

"I guess English is an extremely poor language by your standards. It really is a bastard language." I agree with you : ) Read more

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On February 05 at 2:15 AM by selfcontrol2011

right, this is true. In addition to the languages that you mentioned, there are also many other languages from which English has imported words.... Read more

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On February 05 at 2:06 AM by selfcontrol2011

hey mate, I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one. We have different views on the subject, and neither of our views on this matte... Read more

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On February 05 at 1:42 AM by tingyun

Borrowing from other languages has over a thousand years of precedent in Chinese Language. For one thing, most of the Buddhist terminology is borrowe... Read more

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On February 05 at 1:08 AM by jbaldwi1

I was told by a linguist, many years ago, that the English language is (roughly) evenly mixed between German derived words and French derived words wi... Read more

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On February 05 at 1:03 AM by chris.k

The problem is that languages aren't static. They change over time, and some of those changes occur as a result of contact with other languages. I str... Read more