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pretzellogic
Posted on: Dealing with 管 (guan)
October 30, 2010 at 7:05 AMyeah, right, can't forget "I don't care" either. Now for when i'm entertaining my especially evil cynical side, i need "here's a quarter. Call someone that cares."
Posted on: Job Shopping in Modern China
October 30, 2010 at 2:56 AMI always thought that you guys were being too polite when you spelled it "arse". Funny, now I know Australians and the British do that. Probably New Zealanders too. Does it sound the way it's spelled? Speaking for all 300 million Americans, we're definitely not saying 'kiss my arse' in the US :-)
Posted on: Job Shopping in Modern China
October 30, 2010 at 2:41 AMwshoey, you're not alone, but this is definitely a solitary pursuit. I formed a group some time ago of like minded people (those of us that really wanted nitty-gritty foul chinese language). Basically, you/we are left to our own devices to learn Chinese curse words. There are a few websites that have helpful filth (the Chinese f-word, s-word and so on), but, as you know, reading the words on a site, and knowledgeable use of the words when you want to lay them on someone is not the same. The problem is that no one will teach you, so you must learn dirty Chinese words the same way you learned them in the US: on the street and from friends and the occasional R rated movie.
Unfortunately, i'm in a bit of agreement with asdf56. The very few foreigners that cursed in front of me sounded cute at best, and stupid and awkward at worst. I can do that with plain Chinese now!
Posted on: Dealing with 管 (guan)
October 30, 2010 at 2:29 AMI've been wanting to learn how to say "who cares" for a long time. Thanks for this.
Posted on: New York City
October 29, 2010 at 12:26 PMWell, almost 3 years later, there is a lesson on London, but nothing yet on Cleveland (even with LeBron leaving), Columbus, Cincinnati, or Dayton (home of the Wright brothers). Admittedly, I didn't search on Yellow Springs, Akron, Sandusky, Lima, Russia, Toledo, Wapakoneta (birthplace of Neil Armstrong), Fairborn, Huber Heights and other hamlets.
Posted on: Budget Meeting
October 29, 2010 at 3:21 AMNo matching budget expenditures to market opportunities here. Thanks for flagging this lesson.
Posted on: Fasten that Safety Belt
October 29, 2010 at 3:03 AMHaving only read the dialogue, does this requirement to wear a seat belt only apply to the driver? If not, then what are the requirements when passengers ride in taxis? 9 out of 10 taxis that i've ridden have had the back seat passenger belts removed or hidden. I would LOVE to wear a seat belt, but I cannot.
Posted on: Scams and Bus Culture
October 28, 2010 at 11:25 AMThis is really interesting to know. Now I understand why a couple of people might have been denied visas.
Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod
October 27, 2010 at 10:41 AMWell, to be fair, I do know a few guys at the American Embassy that are required to go from nothing to "fluent" in about a year. But the State Department has them at one of the local Chinese language schools about 7 hours/day, 5 days a week for a year. Plus they're in China. So I suppose that it can be done......
Posted on: Job Shopping in Modern China
October 30, 2010 at 11:09 AMOk, so one of the things i've learned here is that in the British commonweath, it appears that people learnt stuff (and they spelt it too), but in the US, people learned it (and spelled it). You learn something new everyday. Hopefully I spelled all that correctly.