User Comments - goulnik
goulnik
Posted on: City Stats
August 26, 2007 at 8:27 PMnot a tale of 2 cities some much but I'm not sure where to ask. I'd be interested to know more about 上海话。 I was visiting 华侨 friends from Shanghai last week whose parents emigrated to Europe almost 30 years ago, the kids (30s-40s) don't speak any Mandarin, only some Shanghainese which according to one of their relatives who recently visited from 老家has changed substantially since then. My question is, how prevalent is this dialect amongst young people today, when is it used vs 普通话?
Posted on: It's Not Hard to Say Goodbye
August 26, 2007 at 8:16 PMwhat's this? just been away away for a week and I can't recognize anything. you guys keep us on our toes, nothing remains the same around here 哈哈
Posted on: A New Home Page
August 26, 2007 at 8:16 PMwhat's this? just been away away for a week and I can't recognize anything. you guys keep us on our toes, nothing remains the same around here 哈哈
Posted on: To Bow or Not to Bow
August 23, 2007 at 8:04 AMI'm no big fan of character etymology as a learning aid but... if you look up other characters with the 革 (gé) radical, you'll find things related to leather, 靴 (xuē) boot, 鞍 (ān) saddle but also 鞭 (biān) whip, 鞣 (róu) to tan, 鞄 (páo) to soften leather 羁(jī) restrain, 靮 (dí) bridle, 勒 (lēi) tie... plenty of concepts you can easily relate to bringing up children :-((
Posted on: Old School Toys
August 23, 2007 at 6:45 AMtops (gyroscopes / 陀螺) are still around, and at a center of another 美中 row : 再有两家美国公司回收中国制造的玩具,回收原因包括这些玩具油漆上的铅含量达到危险的水平。see news.bbc.co.uk/chinese...
Posted on: 自闭症
August 21, 2007 at 8:16 AMVera老师,不好意思,由你的帮助希望日有进步而已
Posted on: 自闭症
August 20, 2007 at 8:50 AM自闭症之内有一种特殊类的,叫‘亚斯伯格’症候群,我猜想这个播客上有一些患者的人,尤其在高级留言中的。我最近发现大概是一个,不知道只是我 :-(
Posted on: Abducted by Aliens
August 18, 2007 at 4:58 AMI guess that's one lesson from the future I would have been allowed to divulge :-)
Posted on: 孝道
August 27, 2007 at 3:17 PM这个话题无如不只是孝顺的问题,也是人口和经济的问题,中国独生子女怎么可能照顾六个年纪的人吗? 也是社会的问题,有很多西方老人不同意被孩子照顾了,坚持花独立的生活,以后不让孩子看他们发痴呆症了,宁可有专业人员看护他们。天经地义是天经地义,但实际吗?