User Comments - tvan
tvan
Posted on: Is China Scary?
September 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM@vincentjpp, 你说的对。我从英文一直翻译。
Posted on: Is China Scary?
September 18, 2009 at 12:17 PM@yanjian, 谢谢你回答我的留言。你可以用英文，多数的外国人在这儿也是一样。但这是高级课程，所以用中文是比较合适。（呵呵，上面的人用英文批评你，他也一定用中文。）我不是高级的学生，不过我还在这里练习。
关于你回答我，我跟你同意。最好是和平的共处。影响尊敬国家的尊敬有不少的因素。这些因素也连恐怕的。你在上面说恐不是犹太强的腔调。那可能是我的错误。
关于中国的进展我1981接触大陆。看那时代的落后到现在的发展使我深刻。很仰慕你们的经济进步和你们政治的进发。当然有不少的错误，每一国家（连美国）都是这样。
关于日和大陆的关系我有意见。但我现在要上班。
Posted on: Is China Scary?
September 16, 2009 at 7:45 PMyanjian,你好。 你的英文真不错，我没问题看得懂你的意思，你的思考。当然有小错误，可是比我的中文很好。我们也欢迎你表达你的意见。如果有人批评你，你别介意。这是人民主义的传统，常常争论。
@henning 自从德国 和 @zhenlijiang 自从日本。在二十世纪初年他们国家的人民好像信任政府。结果是希特勒，东条英机和第二个世界大战。而且我自己的政府前五十年误导美国开两个站在越南和伊拉克。你说大陆的政府不会这样吗？
Posted on: Farewell, Sweet Pete
September 13, 2009 at 12:53 PMAs @mrjess says above, it seems like about once a year some of the expats turn over. Each one brings something special to the table. Good luck Pete, hope your change is positive and your endeavors successful.
Posted on: 淘金热
September 7, 2009 at 3:35 AM对加州的历史，中国人的影响很大。例如萨克拉门托河的三角洲，铁路，横贯大陆的铁路，金矿，等等。这些例子是有名的，可以自己调查或已经知道。
但我的家乡在加州的北边。当时北加州有不少的小中国人也有比较不知名的传统。我最记得是两个小城， Igo 和 Ono.
Since, I'm above my level, I'll switch to English. The first version, as given by Wiki, has the Chinese leader, after making a strike, first refusing (Ono!) then, after being threatened at gunpoint assenting to leave (Igo). The second version, which my third grade teacher told me, begins with the Chinese group leaving their first strike (Igo) but, having prepared themselves, when faced with the second demand, their leader replied, "Ono," at which point the rest of the group fell upon the claim jumpers with knives, cutting them up and killing them.
P.S. - Many of these stories and names were "sanitized" by map makers during the late 1970's/1980's when Gold Miners and accurate history became persona non grata.
Posted on: Going Dutch
September 7, 2009 at 12:47 AMxiaophil, ain't we all? I don't know about a steak, but I can eat a pork chop with chopsticks.
BTW, my dog votes for the mouth (one) method ergo animals trump us all.
Posted on: Going Dutch
September 6, 2009 at 11:25 PMuser21377, hah! I don't believe it, but your statement would make my grandma (God rest her soul) very happy.
A Taiwanese friend of mine once told me that you tell how advanced a civilization was by counting the number of utensils they used: Most primitive was five, those who ate with their hands. Next was three, basically Westerners, who used a knife (餐刀), spoon (调羹), and fork(叉子). Most advanced of course were Asians (Being Taiwanese, she included Japanese and Koreans.), who used two chopsticks.
Of course, us Westerners aren't far-removed from the days of six, five fingers and one knife. Don't know if eating out of my bowl counts as one (嘴巴）or 26 (牙齿).
Posted on: Going Dutch
September 5, 2009 at 3:09 PMI'm technically "Dutch-American," although my forbears left Holland several hundred years ago. Nevertheless, My grandmother was first generation Dutch-American (Van Gent, which means from Ghent). Once, during a childhood visit, she observed me eating my steak using the fork/knife switch. She watched me for a while, then asked in an icy tone, "Why are you eating like a damn Englishman." Talk about ultimate putdown! (BTW, Wiki claims that this is a U.S.-only custom.)
Now, to add a veneer of non-drivel, I much prefer going Dutch to the Chinese method. It seems like too many meals wind up like a football game (U.S. style), with delivery of the bill constiting the snap.
Posted on: Washing Dishes
August 31, 2009 at 8:51 PMusr260809, or if you're washing up after eating chicken, 鷄/雞 (simplified 鸡).
Posted on: The Final Show
September 18, 2009 at 7:12 PMI don't know about what they did during the Cultural Revolution, but this thread's been going on since the Shang Dynasty.