User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: Cell Phone Blackmail

quick answer mate. Not listened to this lesson, but just went straight to that time you indicated and heard them say 并不。。。which just means " not at all" really emphasises the 不

Posted on: On a Wok-About

ha, by coincidence, I just came across the Japanese "junior" くん , but once again this doesn't seem to be functioning like the namesake son Junior, but strikes me as more akin to the Chinese use of 小

Posted on: Dart Match

" It looks like the idiosyncratic usage of the particular translator"

....I've definitely heard it, usually by sports commentators I think. Would have thought it was common enough, and that it was not necessarily specific to any country but if pressed for a country I guess I would have said America [like American Football commentators, or baseball , something like "it's all tied up at the bottom of the ninth"]

Posted on: On a Wok-About

" I think we (some of us anyway) might say 'mini-me'"

....hang on, I would have seen that as directly a reference to Austin Powers, not some traditional widespread usage, but I'd be interested to know if you struck it before that movie.

"we do use junior to refer to the son (eg. Jamie is Packer junior) "

..oh yeah, good point, we will use it in distinguishing between father and son but the key difference is the Junior or Senior title is never part of their name.

Posted on: In Praise of Praise!

we got the lot mate [but a lot of its imported, hehe]. Watcha got against poppies? and what does it splain?

Posted on: On a Wok-About

"Now I understand why baba missed my meaning"

yeah, but actually I shouldn't have missed it. I should have re-read what you initially wrote. I have heard what you're describing, but that too I think of as an Americanism that isn't common here in my experience and I guess the regular naming of one's son with the same name as Junior was closer to the forefront of my mind.

Posted on: On a Wok-About

hehe, yeah I know mate. I just thought that when Croc Dundee hit the US it may have been before your time. But impressed with both your awareness and your pun. Jiayou !

Posted on: On a Wok-About

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=385889

Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 12: The Breakup

Called to mind a river to me, and pictured being swept swiftly to the top of Iguazu falls, grasping for a life raft to back paddle as fast as possible.

But hang on, that man of faith in the Mission climbed up the Iguazu falls, so even if one goes over, can always climb back up again. ;)

Posted on: In Praise of Praise!

Reminds me of our tall poppy syndrome here. I'm starting to feel like we are not only geographically close to Asia.