User Comments - Right-Wingnut
Right-Wingnut
Posted on: Upgrading Software
August 8, 2013 at 11:16 AMWell the first example has progressed well past the stage where most people would consider it to be an Americanism.
But the original point (6 months ago) was that Americanisms should not be used to explain Chinese to a multinational audience. What is the point of an explanation if the explanation itself needs explaining by a 3rd party?
You did the right thing by explaining the meaning of 'dink'. (Not that I expect that - I'm not paying you.) If CPod did that, then I wouldn't have a problem.
Posted on: A Detained Package
August 6, 2013 at 10:11 PMRe your new name, I really think you should hide your sensitivity to mere typos.
Posted on: Upgrading Software
August 6, 2013 at 9:31 PMStrange. We actually agree that Americanisms have nothing to do with learning Chinese (your words, and my reason for the complaint). Then you say you appreciate learning them on this site.
Posted on: Do You Want to Go Together?
August 4, 2013 at 9:54 AMxi3shou3jian1
Posted on: Downloading from the App Store
August 2, 2013 at 3:19 PMHa, I wrote this 6 months ago. How long HAS this been going on?
Posted on: Buy One Get One Free
August 1, 2013 at 9:45 AMMany Chinese people seem to pronounce 'píng' as pyng, where the y is the y in 'you' and not the y in 'cyst'. In English words, this semi-vowel y sound must always be followed by another full vowel, but in Chinese it seems that only the semi-vowel y sound is needed in words ending in ing. I notice this least in 4th-tone syllables and most in 2nd-tone syllables.
Posted on: Wedding Photo Shoot
July 27, 2013 at 11:40 PMLesson Transcript here.
Posted on: Braised Pork in Soy Sauce
July 27, 2013 at 2:33 PMSTILL waiting.
Posted on: Discussing Work
July 27, 2013 at 8:28 AMIf it sounds like "To get a fork", then its only one step away from being somewhat embarrassing for ChinesePod.
Posted on: Lo and La （咯 & 啦）
August 9, 2013 at 11:08 AMSome people also say 'yous' in Australia. But it is a sign of someone with little or no education. Case in point: boxer Jeff Fenech.
(I wonder, if we heard someone utter 'Yous can never have enough ram', would we imagine we were listening to a speech on computing, or on sheep husbandry?)