User Comments - memmifer
memmifer
Posted on: Accents and Subway Survival
June 17, 2008, 04:58 AMHmmm, I'm going to have to go back and review all my pronounciation! Great DA!
Posted on: Aric and more Aric!
June 16, 2008, 10:39 PMThe link for Aric's show, http://www.theshanghaishow.com/ is to a website mostly consisting of links to hotels in China. Amber, is this "Aric's new show???" Or did it get renamed to the Shanghai Diaries, which I've already found. Thx.
Posted on: The Non-Chinese Speaking Tourist and Toilets
June 16, 2008, 06:05 PMYeah, the sitdown toilets can be more scary than the squat toilets, due to the cultural refusal to sit on them. I have never seen so many dirty, scuffed and broken (not to mention disgustingly dirty) toilet seats. I've seen many a toilet seat hanging on by one hinge -- something you generally never see in the US.
What I really don't get is how women in high heels can maintain their balance squatting on the seat?
Posted on: Skateboarding and Biking Across China
June 16, 2008, 03:37 PMAmazing, I'm SOOO impressed! Going to go check out the websites for more stories!
Posted on: Long Distance and Cultural Mysteries
June 16, 2008, 03:47 AM奇怪的：Plastic bags on bicycle seats... very common sight. If they're to provide you with a dry seat in the case of rain, I never EVER saw anyone take one off... Another theory: the seat material itself is falling apart.
A pet peeve: the bumps in the sidewalk paving stones. If the idea is that you're supposed to stay to the right of them, ha! And they create such a walking hazard, as if extra hazards were needed!
Posted on: Crosstalk and Labor Day Holiday
June 15, 2008, 10:29 PMI love these Dear Amber episodes - they convey so much cultural information!
Any suggestions on where can I go to learn more about cross talk and/or listen to more? Very cool. While I was in Shanghai I remember hearing something that sounded a bit like rap, but it's been long enough that I can't remember if this cross talk is in fact what I was listening to... sigh.
As someone else asked, I'd love to hear more about Richard's language-acquisition story... what it's taken him to get to his current (impressive!) level.
Posted on: 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...)
June 12, 2008, 01:55 AMSorry Clay! I hadn't made it back to the 又。。。又。。。to check for answers when I wrote this question. (Maybe I should try to figure out the RSS feeds for comments, but that topic trips up my brain.)
So, the 又。。。又。。。 structure can be used for verbs if the qualities of those verbs are very similar. That helps enormously! Thanks!
Posted on: 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...)
June 10, 2008, 09:33 PMOK, I've now listened to both the 又。。。又。。。 Qing Wen lesson as well as this one, and I'm confused about WHEN you can use 又。。。又。。。 with two verbs. (As was indicated as a possiblity in the 又又 lesson -- the girl on the street crying and screaming.)
So, I get that 一边 verb, 一边 verb means that both actions are happening simultaneously. What can be said about the 又 verb 又 verb structure along those lines?
谢谢！
Posted on: Even you can use the (连...都...) pattern
June 10, 2008, 07:03 PMYou guys are fun, keep it up.
Posted on: Aric and more Aric!
June 17, 2008, 06:29 AMThanks jamestheron!