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bababardwan
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 25, 2011 at 2:17 AMhear hear. Well said John.
I particularly like the bit about being silly...very under-rated.Posted on: I Changed My Mind
January 24, 2011 at 6:42 AM真，你真聪明。了不起，厉害。当然你绝对对了
Posted on: Making the Most of 最 (zui)
January 24, 2011 at 4:12 AM我很激动。。为什么呢？ 因为据我记得这是第一次我已经以前听过一个中文笑话【并不是英文翻译的笑话】
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 24, 2011 at 3:07 AMhehe, good point, but I think he could be forgiven for having his eponymous syndrome. How many from that far west got that immersed in the culture?..and how aware of them would he have been?
Posted on: I Changed My Mind
January 24, 2011 at 2:55 AM叫做“抽象忙碌”。
你看起来那么准备好了，所以我就准备
然后我爬起来，站到门口
我一直站那里一半小时
直到我知道你还没有准备好
所以我再坐下
然后我再觉得你准备好了
但我猛醒你就给我一个准备好的幻象我就翻译不是一个幻象
我就在车内
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 23, 2011 at 11:10 PM...I guess you are saying though that in the case of chinese 少数民族 the genetic differences are either non existent or negligible and that these groups are culturally or politically based and not genetically. Yes, interesting question and I suspect you're right...the cultural differences are likely much more obvious and more clearly defined.
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 23, 2011 at 10:58 PM"if that makes sense"
....yeah, I'm glad xiaophil asked because I wasn't certain either, but it's 很清楚 now. Once again you're living up to your name mate, giving us food for thought.
"not supported by population genetics"
...well I think your "well-defined" is likely key here. I think the other factors involved are how long a group of people have evolved with relatively little contact [read breeding] with outside groups, how broad or narrow the groups are, and at what point in history such analysis is done [with a pressure towards homogeneity with time...thus you might expect that historically there may have been more definition barring other factors]
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 23, 2011 at 10:20 PMuser11695,
great post! some really interesting stuff worth looking into there. thank you.
wiki article on Bogle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bogle_%28diplomat%29
did you mean "The High Road to China"?:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/Books/details.aspx?isbn=9780747584841
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 23, 2011 at 10:16 PMHi toianw, better work! Thanks mate, you've nailed it again. 限制 makes much better sense. The 上 error is just embarrassing, hehe.
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 25, 2011 at 11:35 AMyou'd have to find the 播‘d ashes first and there'Snow business like 搜 business...