User Comments - RonInDC
RonInDC
Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
October 30, 2007 at 9:10 PM"there were no casualties" But didn't you hear that the kid eating ice cream in front of the air conditioner is going to die?
Posted on: How many people are in your family?
October 22, 2007 at 3:15 PMIt always good for me to get a refresher for family.
Posted on: Cooking
October 19, 2007 at 1:12 PMHi- In the fighting over the bill lesson, there was an expansion sentence that used shao1 as a verb for cooking. I had never seen that and it isn't in the CPod dictionary. Can you explain the appropriate usage for that word. Thank you!
Posted on: Of Beauty Pageants and Plastic Surgery
October 15, 2007 at 1:07 PMWhat are the differences in usage between zi4ran and tian1ran?
Posted on: Finding the Teacher
October 9, 2007 at 2:23 PMCharacters don't really belong in Newbie discussion comments if we want to include learners just starting out. But I'm sure it's not intentional and can be a hard habit to break when moving between levels. So it's nice when someone calls us on it, just to remind us.
Posted on: Too Fat
October 3, 2007 at 4:58 PMIn three weeks in China, I never saw an adult as fat as the one in the picture. But I did see some more than pudgy kids.
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
September 28, 2007 at 12:45 AMHenning- What is your rule for using the 把 construction?
Posted on: Eating Tofu
September 26, 2007 at 5:25 PMI first listened to the dialog-only version and I'm thinking 'What the heck?'. It's good to know these things!
Posted on: Traveling and Chopsticks
September 22, 2007 at 4:51 PMI was having a conversation at my gym with a girl around Eileen's age. We were talking about a town of which I described it as wealthy middle-agers. She asked 'you mean people in their thirties'? Hilarious. Definitely a matter of perspective.
Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
October 31, 2007 at 9:35 PM'You would be amazed how many germs there can be in an ice cube sometimes.' Isn't that a part of why Chinese don't like ice in their drinks?