User Comments - go_manly

Posted on: Reviewing in Class

A bump for CPod for the kan, du, nian question,

Posted on: Please Speak Chinese

And one point I didn't notice (so maybe I am guilty of not reading carefully):

What I originally referred to is the situation of foreigners in China. Hence, there's no racial discrimination.

Your original comment was:

In North America, if anyone addressed an East Asian with 你好, I, along with many other people, would be disgusted by that type of discrimination.

East Asians in North America, not in China.

Posted on: Tortoise and the Hare

Only the most recent comment in a thread appears on the Conversations page. As you and I have added comments since then, you won't find the original comment there any more.

Its interesting that private comments are appearing on the Conversations page.

Posted on: Please Speak Chinese

It is clear to me that the first thing that you think of when you hear discrimination is racism. Why? Because you've done it again.

I'm afraid this time I was responding directly to your comment on racism. This time it was not necessary for me to make an assumption. Even if it were the case (and its not), what would be the issue? Would you then want to claim I was being discriminatory towards racism?? The first things I think of when I hear 'discrimination' are any forms of discrimination that have ever been perpetrated against me. And racism is not one of them.

There is no East Asian "race". Hence it's not racism.

What sort of logic is that? So you've never heard of someone being targeted because they are 'Asian' ? Racism is based on someone looking 'different', not necessarily knowing which exact race they belong to.

You yourself have already given away your own prejudices.

You then went on to make the point I quoted previously - that there is no East Asian race - a fact of which I am fully aware. So what exactly are my prejudices? I can't see any reference to them in your comment. And the only prejudice I believe I have shown in my comments is a prejudice against half-wits. And where did I say that national boundaries define race?

Prejudice is a form of discrimination

Prejudice is a necessary precursor to discrimination, but is is not a form of discrimination.

In my original comment, I made the statement: "Racial discrimination involves treating someone less favorably than someone else based solely upon their race."

Since you can't tell me what form of discrimination you believe this is, I'll make it easy for you. Just fill in the missing word(s):

"The form of discrimination displayed in my example involves treating someone less favorably than someone else based solely upon _________."

(Your invitations to chill are duly noted, and will be taken up should the need to do so ever arise.)

Posted on: Please Speak Chinese

your use of quotations is unnecessary

Does placing words in quotes constitute some form of attack? I really don't get the issue there.

you didn't read my comments carefully ... I never said anything about racial discrimination

(I assume that those two comments were connected in your mind, though not on paper, as I can't see any other indication that I might not have read your comment carefully)

Fine, you didn't say 'racial'. Neither did you say anything else. Exactly what form of discrimination were you talking about? You again chose not to explain that in your response.

"It's clear that for you, the first thing that you think of when you hear discrimination is racism"

Do you typically make such bold generalisations based on one example? Why is it 'clear' to you? Your example refers to an East Asian in North America, and the situation arises because of the person's race. What else can I assume if you don't elaborate on what form of discrimination you believe this to be?

but you're the first person to mention 'victim' or 'treatment'

Now it is you who is not reading my comment carefully, and if you had you would have understood the significance of the quotes. I don't really have to explain that one to you, do I?

and if you ever had an experience of being a minority

I am inured to being a minority of one.

chill out

Another one of those emotive phrases carrying no meaning.

Mate, what your original situation involves is at worst a form of prejudice. Not discrimination.

Posted on: Smelly Cheese

Amazingly, this is the first time  一些  has ever featured in an Elementary or Newbie dialog.

Posted on: Tortoise and the Hare

A comment in this thread by the user tamutom is visible on the Conversations page (or was, before I wrote this), but is nowhere to be seen on this page. What is happening to these missing comments?

Posted on: Reviewing in Class

So how does 念 (niàn) compare to 看 and 读 ?

Posted on: Baby Care

Here is a transcript of the podcast (courtesy of Richie):

Intermediate - Baby Care

Word Version

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Posted on: Baby Care

Here is some of Jenny's vocabulary from the podcast:

ānwèi (安慰) to comfort / to console

bĭyù (比喻) metaphor / analogy / figure of speech

chéngrén (成人) adult / to grow up

chóngwēn (重温) to review

chúle (除了) except / apart from / besides

dàgài (大概) probably / generally / roughly

dehuà (的话) (expresses a condition) if

dòngcí (动词) verb

duìchèn (对称) symmetry / symmetrical

duìhuà (对话) dialog

érshì (而是) rather / but instead

ĕxīn (心啊) to feel nauseous / nauseating

fán (烦) to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble / to be irritated

fánnăo (烦恼) to agonize / agony / annoyance / upset / vexation / worries

gănkuài (赶快) at once / immediately

hēng (哼) to hum

huàtí (话题) subject / topic (of conversation)

huòzhĕ (或者) or

jiāoliú (交流) to exchange / communication

jiàozuò (叫做) to be known as

jībĕnshang (基本上) mainly / basically / in general / on the whole

jiégòu (结构) structure / composition / makeup

jiējìn (接近) to approach / to near

jīngshén (精神) mind / consciousness / spirit / mental

jìqiăo (技巧) skill / technique

kèchéng (课程) class / lesson

kuàiyào (快要) soon / nearly / almost

kuāzhāng (夸张) to exaggerate / to overstate

míngcí (名词) noun

mŭ (母) mother / female

mŭqin (母亲) mother

năi (奶) milk

niào (尿) to urinate

nǚrén (女人) women

qiángdiào (强调) to stress / to emphasise (a statement) / to highlight

qíng shèng (情圣) a Casanova / a player

qíshí (其实) actually

rŭ (乳) milk / breast

shènzhì (甚至) even to the extent that / even / so much so that

shĭyòng (使用) to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of

shuìbuzháo (睡不着) to be unable to get to sleep

shuìmián (睡眠) sleeping / slumber

shuìzháo (睡着) to fall asleep

shuōfă (说法) way of speaking / wording / statement

suīrán (虽然) although

tí (提) to mention / to raise (an issue)

tīng qĭlái (听起来) to sound like

tōngcháng (通常) regular / usual / ordinary / normal / generally / usually / ordinarily

tóunăo (头脑) brains / mind

wèi (喂) to feed

xiăngyào (想要) to want to / to feel like

xĭnglái (醒来) to wake

xíngróng (形容) to describe / appearance

yìbān (一般) generally / commonly

yícì xìng (一次性) only once / single use / disposable

yòngfă (用法) usage

yŏuxiē (有些) some

yŭfă (语法) grammar

yùnlǜ (韵律) cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse)

yùnwèi (韵味) implicit charm in rhyme or sound

zhàogù (照顾) to take care of / to look after

zhìliàng (质量) quality

zhīqián (之前) before / ago

zhōngjí (中级) Intermediate

zuìhòu (最后) finally / lastly