User Comments - John

Posted on: Sina's Microblogs

Nah, too obvious. We've already mentioned Youku in various podcasts.

Posted on: Sina's Microblogs

It's "microblogs" and not "microblog" because every person that signs up for the service gets his/her own microblog.

Posted on: Sina's Microblogs

I understand your reaction. That's a really common reaction among people who don't use Twitter. I think I even felt about it that way myself, once. But now I do use Twitter.

Connie wrote this dialogue, and I feel like she injected a little bit of humor into it by purposely including very mundane events (which, uncoincidentally, are also composed of high-frequency words). Obviously, you can write whatever you want on your microblog, and you only follow people who are interesting to you.

Posted on: Feelings

I'm almost sure we did, because it was Chanelle... Connie asked, "like the perfume?" Apparently it got edited out for some reason. Will have to check on that.

Posted on: Sina's Microblogs

Hey, if you know what a podcast is, you're not too far behind the times... :)

Posted on: Feelings

Yes, it did! There's a reason the show is called "Qing Wen"... :)

Posted on: A New Jug for the Water Cooler

Yeah, the translation isn't perfect, but I think it's the closest thing we've got. American office culture has this whole "chat around the water cooler" or "water cooler talk" thing. The "water cooler" does often refrigerator the water (especially in offices), but not always. The ones that athletes use on the field are also referred to as "water coolers." These things often insulate more than refrigerate; if you put ice in them, they keep the water colder longer.

It's true that many of China's 饮水机s don't offer refrigerated water, but some do. I also find that more and more Chinese people are questioning the conventional wisdom that "cold water hurts your stomach," and at places like coffee shops in Shanghai, ice water is already quite normal.

Posted on: Feelings

Thanks, Changye! We studied 王力 a bit in grad school. Quite the scholar.

Posted on: Nearby Tea House

Ah, we call those juiceboxes! Makes sense, right? :)

Posted on: 壹周立波秀

有字幕的！