User Comments - go_manly

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

Thanks baba. I'm 45, and my friends are all in their 50's, so I guess I've never been exposed to this. Seems like a bit of a stretch though.

Talking of being exposed, it looks more like a vertical smile :)

Posted on: Happiness Candy

Thanks baba. Keep bumping away!

Posted on: Happiness Candy

bump

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

What is :) ?

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

Thanks RJ. One of my students just had a serious infection from his contacts, and has completely lost the sight in one eye. I found this quite scary. This is why I'm looking for alternatives - I'll look into it further.

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

That's the problem with the internet, you only see what someone actually writes, not how they are thinking. Some people are able to convey that sense of teasing with the right choice of words, or because we are familiar with their style (like baba)- you and I don't have that ability.

Anyway, in case you are interested, your Chinese sentence is too much of a direct translation to make sense. You can't say 不有 to mean 'don't have'. 不 means 'no' or 'not', but not "don't". 有 means 'have' only in the sense of 'owning' but not 'acquiring'. I'm pretty sure you can't use 男人 to mean 'man' in the 'dude' sense.

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

I think most people would ask for the advice of other people who have gone through this procedure. Do you really think I would commit to this without seeking proper medical advice first. I'm only testing the waters.

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

A couple of questions RJ:

1. Are there any downsides? For example, is there a problem swimming in chlorinated water? Is the eye likely to deteriorate more quickly as you age?

2. What is the approximate cost?

3. What sort of people perform the procedure? Do they have medical degrees?

And its good to see you posting again.

Posted on: Happiness Candy

One of the expansion sentences is 急死我了。(Jí sĭ wŏ le.) I'm in a real hurry.

I'm wondering

1. whether 我 is considered to be the subject of this sentence, as it is in the English translation. If so, it seems to be in a strange place.

2. could we have said instead  我急死了。?

3. or is there an unspecified subject which is acting on 我 ?

Posted on: A Thanksgiving Phone Call

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