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MexicoBob

Posted on: Adventures in Chinese Learning
November 23, 2007 at 3:45 PM

Flash cards...memorization...you guys are right on! Thank you. I feel vindicated :)

Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 16, 2007 at 6:06 PM

Well then excuse me Ron. That explains it Henning. I think I got my dictionary at fire sale after the fall of Constantinople on Black Tuesday, May 29th, 1453. I'll have to check. I think I still have the receipt around here somewhere :)

Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 16, 2007 at 6:06 PM

Well then excuse me Ron. That explains it Henning. I think I got my dictionary at fire sale after the fall of Constantinople on Black Tuesday, May 29th, 1453. I'll have to check. I think I still have the receipt around here somewhere :)

Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 16, 2007 at 3:23 PM

RonInDC "It seems, from the description, you need to be more preventative than that." Good lesson on how languages change, Ron. A lot of people say "preventative" but when you look it up in most dictionaries it doesn't exist. They list "preventive" instead :)

Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 16, 2007 at 3:23 PM

RonInDC "It seems, from the description, you need to be more preventative than that." Good lesson on how languages change, Ron. A lot of people say "preventative" but when you look it up in most dictionaries it doesn't exist. They list "preventive" instead :)

Posted on: Jenny and Learning 2007 conference
November 9, 2007 at 3:35 PM

Aric & Amber, Thank you very much. That was a very nice show. I found myself smiling the whole time. Listening to you two together is like magic. I am already looking forward to the next duet :)

Posted on: Aric and more Aric!
November 9, 2007 at 3:35 PM

Aric & Amber, Thank you very much. That was a very nice show. I found myself smiling the whole time. Listening to you two together is like magic. I am already looking forward to the next duet :)

Posted on: Recent Events
October 15, 2007 at 2:06 AM

Don't worry goulniky. There were 41 Sputniks in total in the Soviet space program. I remember the second one most of all. It carried a little dog named Laika. I had a little dog just like her. I was ten years old at the time. There will always be another Sputnik to latch onto. Keep your eye on the stars :)

Posted on: Recent Events
October 14, 2007 at 6:35 PM

Hi goulniky, I am curious about something. Why, if I may ask, did you change to Sputnik? In Russian, Sputnik or "Спутник" means "traveling companion". Is that the reason? Anyway, please give my regards to all the nice people at ChinesePod...especially Amber and Eileen :)

Posted on: Fighting over the Bill
October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

In Mexico when someone never pays we refer to them as "codo". "Codo" comes from the word "codicioso" meaning greedy. Codo also means "elbow" and often times when someone is referring to a stingy person they will just point to their own elbow. Is there some type of hand signal in Chinese to indicate when someone is stingy?