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RonInDC
Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 17, 2007 at 9:29 PMSebire- I was thinking the same. When that happens to me, I'll think 'Uh..., can we talk about this a little later?' Check out the SexyBeijing.tv web site where Sufei goes out into the country in the Country Loving episode. Pretty hilarious.
Posted on: Do you have a girlfriend?
November 17, 2007 at 9:22 PMBazza- I don't think anyone was suggesting that you new friends were scammers. If so, doesn't sound particularly lucrative ;-) And I might call the tea house a tourist trap, but scam might be strong. Sebire- Common sense pretty much keeps you out of trouble. And I found saying 'Buyong!' really stopped people cold and even led to a couple of friendly chats.
Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 16, 2007 at 6:32 PMHenning- You're right about 'Preemptive'. It's possible to use it in the case of locking a bike, but it's generally used when you know specifically what the perceived danger is. The initial American military action towards Iraq was widely called here a 'preemptive strike'.
Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 16, 2007 at 6:32 PMHenning- You're right about 'Preemptive'. It's possible to use it in the case of locking a bike, but it's generally used when you know specifically what the perceived danger is. The initial American military action towards Iraq was widely called here a 'preemptive strike'.
Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 16, 2007 at 6:17 PMHey, no worries, Bob. It was a good lesson for me :-) Henning's origination date for Preventative must be 1966 rather than 1666? There's an American phrase 'It might as well have been in the Middle Ages', which I'm sure the Chinese would find hilarious.
Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 16, 2007 at 6:17 PMHey, no worries, Bob. It was a good lesson for me :-) Henning's origination date for Preventative must be 1966 rather than 1666? There's an American phrase 'It might as well have been in the Middle Ages', which I'm sure the Chinese would find hilarious.
Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 16, 2007 at 6:12 PMI did not realize that Australian attitudes towards nudity were such. It reminds me of when people say that Americans generally don't learn foreign languages. That is certainly the case, but that also more or less holds true for the other English-speaking countries as well, including Canada, Australia and even the UK (particularly when you take Bazza out of the equation ;-). Also, what Yaks said about UK considering themselves apart from Europe reminds me of a close Japanese friend telling me that Japan is generally not considered a part of Asia. If true, I wonder if this is a cultural or geographic phenomenon.
Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 16, 2007 at 6:12 PMI did not realize that Australian attitudes towards nudity were such. It reminds me of when people say that Americans generally don't learn foreign languages. That is certainly the case, but that also more or less holds true for the other English-speaking countries as well, including Canada, Australia and even the UK (particularly when you take Bazza out of the equation ;-). Also, what Yaks said about UK considering themselves apart from Europe reminds me of a close Japanese friend telling me that Japan is generally not considered a part of Asia. If true, I wonder if this is a cultural or geographic phenomenon.
Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 16, 2007 at 4:28 PMActually, that's not quite true, Bob. Preventative is an English word. It's is often applied to an actual object, especially in noun form, while preventive is mostly reserved for an abstract concept, and remains an adjective. So what might be a little more accurate to say is that my use of Preventative as an adjective is considered by some not to be the best usage
Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 17, 2007 at 9:29 PMSebire- I was thinking the same. When that happens to me, I'll think 'Uh..., can we talk about this a little later?' Check out the SexyBeijing.tv web site where Sufei goes out into the country in the Country Loving episode. Pretty hilarious.