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pretzellogic
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 27, 2009 at 1:52 PMEnglish accent, guys, English, not British! No such thing as a British accent!
There's no such thing as a British accent? Man, you learn something new everyday! Ok, since this also has plenty to do with Farm Thieves (because there's a UK consulate in the middle of the game), what's the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom? Is there one?
Posted on: The Pen and Paper Mystery
October 27, 2009 at 10:14 AMno vocab tab still
Posted on: Costume Ball
October 27, 2009 at 2:07 AMoy vey.... some related lessons
Posted on: Adoption
October 26, 2009 at 10:38 AMFWIW, Cate in any other context besides "Blanchett" is well beyond my daily usage. But maybe that's because i'm American? Maybe this is a British thing....
Posted on: Anybody home?
October 26, 2009 at 2:16 AMso I take it that there won't many Chinese kids going door to door in their apartment building asking neighbors for candy? I do recall halloween passed unnoticed (relatively speaking) in Gansu Province about 4 years ago.
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Family
October 25, 2009 at 12:13 PMthanks sebire!
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Family
October 25, 2009 at 9:44 AMThanks, changye. so all the uncles on your mother's are called the same thing (the mother's brothers, that is), or if your mother had 11 brothers, you've got a major problem on your hands?
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Family
October 25, 2009 at 7:31 AMso is the naming convention using fu for the second character to mean a man on either side of the family, or is fu for the father's side relatives?
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Family
October 24, 2009 at 2:01 PMFWIW, Rich, you apparently were reciting a mnemonic for memorizing family positions, but it's not clear to me how the mnemonic works in terms of the Chinese names for the family positions.
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
October 27, 2009 at 4:12 PMTangqian, thanks for that. I've calmed down.