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Posted on: Baseball
March 19, 2010 at 11:50 AM

Do you think we'd offend the Yanks if we called them Seppos?

Anyway, to give a hint: A particular official in a baseball game should know the answer, otherwise he doesn't know his job.

And its not a trick question. Its just that most people don't interpret it correctly (possibly because its never asked correctly, and I am guilty here too).

Posted on: Baseball
March 19, 2010 at 11:14 AM

My meaning is part of your homework!

Re your link: I am told that page doesn't exist.

Posted on: Baseball
March 19, 2010 at 11:11 AM

Your score: 2

Posted on: Baseball
March 19, 2010 at 10:43 AM

Lets see how many of you Yanks know the correct answer to the old chestnut:

Other than a base hit, what are the 7 ways a batter can reach first base?

In order to get a definitive answer, the question must be interpreted in the way it was originally intended.

Posted on: You Sing Terribly!
March 19, 2010 at 8:44 AM

I don't know the statistics, but I would say that more than 50% of English vocabulary consists of words borrowed since the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England. The only saving grace is that the most commonly used words are of Anglo-Saxon origin - I seem to recall that 96 of the 100 most commonly used English words are Anglo-Saxon. Without this, it would be hard to describe English as a Germanic language.

Posted on: Special Green Hat
March 18, 2010 at 8:37 PM

Thanks - I should have listened to the lesson first.

Posted on: How Long?
March 17, 2010 at 9:08 PM

It seems, on checking a dictionary, that I am wrong about that, so xiao_liang's question still stands.

Posted on: Dumb Joke
March 17, 2010 at 8:37 PM

No difference.

Posted on: How Long?
March 17, 2010 at 8:35 PM

要 doesn't mean 'need'. It means 'want', 'must', 'will', but not 'need'.

Posted on: Special Green Hat
March 17, 2010 at 6:29 AM

Could someone tell me the difference between 适合 and 合适.