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Right-Wingnut
Posted on: On a Wok-About
December 9, 2013 at 2:36 AMThis was an actual clue from a cryptic crossword in a Sydney newspaper a couple of decades back. Clearly it was pre-PC. If you know your NSW geography, see if you can come up with the answer:
"Aboriginal goes walkabout in NSW outback town"
Posted on: Dart Match
December 9, 2013 at 2:32 AMThe Windies have lost a lot of cricket talent to basketball.
I'd say this lesson is for the Brits who have clearly lost a lot of cricketing talent to the lucrative darts scene :)
Posted on: Where'd You Get That Food?
December 8, 2013 at 1:59 AMCPod - You might want to change the translation for the 3rd Expansion sentence from 'you' to 'he'.
Posted on: Buying a Razor
December 6, 2013 at 12:00 AMCPod - the text version of the PDF does not include the Supplementary Vocabulary.
Posted on: Invitation to Dinner
November 29, 2013 at 11:31 AMI think if a native Chinese speaker says it sounds fine, then it is probably fine. If you have encountered many speakers that speak like this, odds are it is normal. As a learner of Chinese, you have to remember that you are not the best arbiter of what is clear or unclear - we have learned an extremely sterilized version of the language. And to say he could not be a public speaker is unfair - would you rule out Billy Connolly as a public speaker?
Posted on: 5000 Years of History
November 27, 2013 at 7:28 AMThe lengths people will go to in order to claim to be the 'oldest' is astounding. For example, the Basques and the Lithuanians (and others I'm sure) at war with each other claiming that their language is the 'oldest in Europe). I'm wondering if they have any concept of the process of language change. There are even a few nutjobs who want to claim that Sanskrit is the mother of all world languages.
Posted on: 5000 Years of History
November 27, 2013 at 7:22 AMI am led to believe that in America you can't even order a 'black coffee' lest you offend someone.
Posted on: 5000 Years of History
November 27, 2013 at 6:50 AMReally? There are people who view 'oriental' as an ethnic slur? Perhaps I should express my indignation every time I am labelled a Caucasian.
Posted on: The Colors of Money
November 22, 2013 at 8:26 AMI think anyone in Australia would say 'why would you want to fold them?'.
And I honestly can't remember why I ever did want to fold them - you stick them in your wallet and then you pull them out, that's about it. And any creases that appear are only visual aberrations - they still fit in your wallet without a problem, and machines accept them most of the time.
I don't understand the 'slippery' AND 'stick together'. That seems contradictory.
The fact is that people don't like them simply because its a change from what they are used to. Ten years from now you'll wonder what the fuss was about.
Posted on: Dart Match
December 9, 2013 at 10:19 PMDefinitely an Americanism, but one I've had plenty of exposure to given my interest in Baseball and Basketball (why oh why do they have to be American sports? - but at least I can say that American football is the most ridiculous sport I've seen)..