User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 3: A Call for Innovation

Amber,

Thanks heaps.That clears it up for me.I hadn't really wondered about it until the question was posed as to what was being said [as I've just been taking what I can from these higher levels ],but once I tried to figure it out ,it stayed on my mind.Thanks for putting it to rest for me.Cheers :)

Posted on: ID Check at the Internet Cafe

changye,

Thanks very much.Actually I have been using the pinyin input method myself since going on CPod [but not very often as I've been lazy so far ].But as my keyboard has no Chinese characters on it at all,and I recall from my brief encounter with a keyboard in Taiwan seeing both Roman alphabet as well as characters [which I,at the time,obviously erroneously presumed signified that they were doing purely to cater for both east and west ] such as in the following photo:

I thought there may be a different way of entering the chinese characters.But I see you've given me some good links to follow up on which I now look forward to reading with much interest.Thanks again.

Posted on: Lesson Preview, New Team Member

CPod,

I think in your advertising promos you should be obliged to put out a health warning.CPod is very addictive ! Actually I love all the short promos you do;I can relate so well to them.Keep up the good work and thanks for all you do .What hope would there be for us otherwise with this tricky language?

Posted on: Street Food Buffet

Thanks changye,

Yes,I'd love to have some of those resourses not only for my kids,but also for myself.Those colourful flashcards look great;and childrens readers could be fun for all the family.

Posted on: ID Check at the Internet Cafe

godzero,

Thanks.When I was in Taiwan I came across pretty much the type of keyboard system you describe at the airport.It was all new to me then and I didn't have much time to check it out.I wondered though,whether this keyboard in the airport was trying to cater more to westerners [with the usual qwerty roman alphabet ] than say the typical keyboard at a local internet cafe in China,and also whether the locals keyboards were different yet again.I realised of course that they wouldnt have a keyboard with 3000+ characters on it.Yep,that would require some legwork;lol.Thanks for answering my question.Does anyone have a good website that explains how the Chinese use their keyboards/computers?

Posted on: Street Food Buffet

billm,

Maybe I shouldn't be asking this ,but you've got me curious.I know of course what is usually meant by spamming.But I'm wondering what you mean in this instance ,how you know,and how it might affect me? If you don't want to post it,perhaps you could send me a PM ? Thanks .

Posted on: Street Food Buffet

calkins,

Yeah,likewise.But with regards to Taiwanese not knowing pinyin,you may already know this but I think I read on a recent post that they were using a different method of Romanisation [ ?was it Wade-Giles ] until recently switching to Pinyin.Obviously they would have would have learnt the alphabet for that.

ps .just read your added bit.Yeah,bit freaky.Maybe in some other dimension..Did I mention that I'm also very interested in photography ? [Though once again,at a much lower level ;It's just an interest for me ,whereas you're a pro I note ]

Posted on: Street Food Buffet

Hi changye,

We were obviously writing at about the same time ,'cos I've only just got your post now.Thanks for elaborating on what watsonqu was saying.Very interesting.Also ,very nice to hear from such a CPod guru,taking the time to explain to a newbie.Thanks again :)

Posted on: Street Food Buffet

watsonqu,

Yeah;I understand what Pinyin is.Sorry ,my last post was obviously pretty unclear.I was just surprised that Chinese children now learn this way.After all Pinyin has only been around since about 1956 and before that Wade-Giles since 1859 I think.So traditionally I'm presuming that Chinese children did not learn this way.I was obviously erroneously under the impression that these systems of Romanisation were developed purely for the benefit of westerners/foreigners trying to learn Chinese.Not the case ,hey? But I am very interested in how Chinese kids learn their Mandarin ,and what such an insight could give me to my own learning.

Posted on: Chinese Birthdays and Local Hospitals

henning,

I'm a bit slow on the uptake on this one.I found the following site which explained about that site being blocked as you said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Gate_(website)

Interesting