User Comments - tvan
tvan
Posted on: Complaining About The Boss
December 29, 2007 at 12:45 PMAmber, thank you for the fluent insults. Seriously, whether you use this language or not, you need to know this stuff to recognize it in conversation. You never find any of this in textbooks... Or as the old MasterCard commercial went: 你好吗/"how are you... ¥20. 马屁精/"horsebutt-patting fairy?"... priceless.
Posted on: Complaining About The Boss
December 29, 2007 at 2:16 AMMan, I can use this. So, in best cave Mandarin fashion, do "两面派的马屁精“ and “拍马屁的太监” work reasonably well as "two-faced brown noser" and "gutless brown noser?
Posted on: Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Transportation
December 5, 2007 at 2:38 PMRonInDC, For "blocks" I've always used “路口 ” or "lùkǒu". I've never had any problem being understood, though I would like to hear from more advanced users if there is a more colloquial term.
Posted on: Chinese Breakfast
December 2, 2007 at 5:08 AMdarylk, I first encountered 豆浆 and 油条 in tropical Taipei. Shanghai's warm?
Posted on: Getting a Library Card
November 10, 2007 at 2:48 PMChangye, 你的学问比我多极了，但是传统字和正体字一样吗？ 我以为正体字是报纸或者电脑用的字。如果你手 写的，大概不用正体字 （Script 叫甚麽？）。 那是对还是我又错了？ 请原谅我的文法；我知道很糟糕，可是这儿是高中课程， 我觉得应当用中文了。
Posted on: Bazza and Dating Chinese Girls
November 4, 2007 at 3:05 PMSorry about that... hit the return key by mistake. I suppose there's something to be said about the whole idea of having an obsession or "thing" for a certain woman (Asian, blonde, whatnot). Still, there are those of us who have other motives. I only had two Asian girlfriends my whole life. I've just been stuck on the last one for 23 years! Also, I absolutely have to comment on one other stereotype: the docile oriental woman. Do people actually believe this? I mean, watch the Kung Fu movies; the typical plot is the bad guy kidnaps the girl, the hero gets beaten up by the bad guy, and girl gets tired of waiting around and beats up the villain for kidnapping her and the hero for taking so long. My advice to anyone in search of the "docile Asian woman" is, you might find one, but you will more likely find yourself starring in the new Kung Fu action flick "Exit the Dragon" and you're Dragon!!!
Posted on: #22
November 4, 2007 at 3:05 PMSorry about that... hit the return key by mistake. I suppose there's something to be said about the whole idea of having an obsession or "thing" for a certain woman (Asian, blonde, whatnot). Still, there are those of us who have other motives. I only had two Asian girlfriends my whole life. I've just been stuck on the last one for 23 years! Also, I absolutely have to comment on one other stereotype: the docile oriental woman. Do people actually believe this? I mean, watch the Kung Fu movies; the typical plot is the bad guy kidnaps the girl, the hero gets beaten up by the bad guy, and girl gets tired of waiting around and beats up the villain for kidnapping her and the hero for taking so long. My advice to anyone in search of the "docile Asian woman" is, you might find one, but you will more likely find yourself starring in the new Kung Fu action flick "Exit the Dragon" and you're Dragon!!!
Posted on: Bazza and Dating Chinese Girls
November 4, 2007 at 2:56 PMWhile there's something to the whole idea of having a "thing"
Posted on: #22
November 4, 2007 at 2:56 PMWhile there's something to the whole idea of having a "thing"
Posted on: Singapore
January 7, 2008 at 2:22 PMMaxiewawa, I'm no Singapore expert but, according to a Singaporean friend of mine, English is the official language. Auntie Sue, what's a "trannie"?