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Posted on: Physical Examination
July 03, 2014, 02:45 PM

I've noticed many people (both in England and Australia where I now live) pronounce it pro-NOUN-ciation. I'd guess doing so gives them a feeling of cognitive ease (it feels 'right', whereas the correct form seems incongruous compared to what you would expect). Languages are constantly evolving things after all, and if enough people believe it's correct then it becomes correct.

Anyway, regardless of whether it is a mistake it's certainly not something most people would call you out on (gallienus being the .0001%).

Posted on: Preparing New Year's Dinner
January 31, 2014, 05:06 PM

(我只是看了pdf, 还没有机会听对话)

Posted on: Preparing New Year's Dinner
January 31, 2014, 05:03 PM

"元宝"的发音真的是bao2bao3吗? 我的字典没错的话第一个字应该读yuan2.

Posted on: Differing Attitudes to Medicine
January 29, 2014, 01:37 AM

You can't blame the staff, they are probably still grieving over John leaving. I know I am!

Posted on: Differing Attitudes to Medicine
January 27, 2014, 04:22 AM

Yeah, I asked a Chinese person too, they said the translation is wrong! It should be "I'll keep it and take it myself"

Posted on: Differing Attitudes to Medicine
January 25, 2014, 04:47 PM

Yeah I also thought it meant "I'll keep it and take myself." Glad I read the transcript!

So 阿司匹林我留着 means 阿司匹林我留在这里 not "I'll keep it"?

And, you can say "我...自己..." and the the 自己 is referring to another person. That is so super confusing.

Posted on: 中外脱口秀
May 23, 2013, 04:36 AM

"But I would guess that most Chinese people wouldn't understand the

punchlines on American talk shows or even find them offensive."

这个句子翻译的不太对!我猜你是想表达观众可能接受不了美国的脱口秀,可是这个英文句子的意思(对我来说)是"Wouldn't...even find them offensive"。你必须在even之前加一个"might" 或者"may"才对。

这只是我个人的看法 :)

Posted on: Hot Spring Vacation
March 26, 2013, 02:53 AM

Frankly I am shocked that John doesn't know what cordyceps fungus is...he seems so geeky normally (that was a compliment btw)

If you YouTube it (or whatever is the chinese equivalent) you will see that the chinese name is very apt indeed!

Posted on: The Glorious 了(le): Part 2
October 24, 2011, 07:42 AM

哦,原来是这样! I guess I just need to read more example sentences, but the feedback here is also really helpful.

Thanks!

Posted on: The Glorious 了(le): Part 2
October 23, 2011, 02:42 PM

ok, lets see if i got the hang of this... please tell me if i'm wrong or if it sounds weird!!

我睡了两个小时的觉,就到这里来买东西了 - and i am still here, buying stuff

我睡了两个小时的觉,就到了超市去买东西 - and now im back home