Be aware when talking about Newbie lessons....
henning
May 26, 2008 at 02:24 PM posted in General Discussion
But she took the term "Newbie" as a Chinese word and was mildly terrified. "How can you use that word in front of the kids?".
Think about it: It sounds exactly the same if you use the proper tones.
We seriously need an (optional) Chinese Interface that trains us in using the proper terms again, like the once dreaded 菜鸟...
;)
henning
May 27, 2008 at 08:01 AM
My (Chinese) collegue just told me that he always believed the "Newbie" level to be the hardest and roughest of all...
;)
changye
May 27, 2008 at 02:23 AM
Sorry, the link doesn't work. The answer is as follow,
Eromanga
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eromanga or Erromanga may refer to:
·Eromanga, Queensland, Australia
·Eromanga Basin, Australia
oEromanga Sea, an epicontinental sea that covered the Eromanga Basin in the Cenozoic
·Eromanga, from "Erotic" + "manga", one of the original Japanese terms for Hentai manga
changye
May 27, 2008 at 02:20 AM
Hi henning,
Your excellent thread just reminds me of the place name “eromanga (エロマンガ)”, which is one of the most famous places among male Japanese. Most junior high school boys in Japan try to find the “legendary” place name in a world atlas. If you would like to know the reason, please click the link.
http://proxylet.net/index.php?hl=f5&q=uggc%3A%2F%2Fra.jvxvcrqvn.bet%2Fjvxv%2FReebznatn
changye
May 27, 2008 at 01:53 AM
It might be a good idea to offer "a newbie lesson" featuring THIS. I believe that a lot of foreign learners would definitely thank Chinesepod!
auntie68
May 27, 2008 at 01:42 AM
Oops, I just noticed that bazza already covered that above... and yes, Bazza, it's definitely swearing!
auntie68
May 27, 2008 at 01:41 AM
Hello uncle changye. I think the character can also be 牛 (niu2; "cow"), giving "newbie" (Stunt Toddler, cover your ears and avert your eyes!) the alternative meaning of: "cow's whatsit" (= "holy crap!").
changye
May 27, 2008 at 01:23 AM
Hi bazza,
I respect your courage, and let me take over the dirty work. I 've just found the character "妞" (niu1) in a dictionary. It seems that you cannot avoid being laughed at by native Chinese ANYWAY.
changye
May 27, 2008 at 01:09 AM
Hi henning,
How hilarious it is! Anyway, it won't hurt you to know about THIS fact if you learn Chinese. Btw, it took me a while to get the meaning of "newbie" when I first came to Chinesepod, but the Chinese word "菜鸟" is much more difficult to guess its meaning for foreign learners, I suppose.
bazza
May 26, 2008 at 09:41 PM
Wikipedia does have 菜鸟 as the 中文 equivalent of Newbie:
http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E8%8F%9C%E9%B3%A5&variant=zh-hans
nitrox
May 26, 2008 at 09:37 PM
Henning, I had the same experience already twice when speaking about "newbie" lessons to chinese people. Although both were amused and laughed...(there were no kids around).
wildyaks
May 26, 2008 at 03:25 PM
You leave us in suspense? no further explanation as to its meaning?
sophie20461
May 27, 2008 at 08:37 AM我觉得那两个字虽然是粗话但是并没有骂人的意思，呵呵，它的意思偏向“牛”字。我听到很多男生都讲那两个字，他们觉得那样很man，哈哈可是在小孩面前还是不说为妙。