User Comments - jamestheron
jamestheron
Posted on: Mobile Repairmen and AZERDocMom
March 15, 2008 at 4:32 PMThis was a very good show. Nice to hear about AZERDocMom's adventure. It's also very nice to hear Vera on the show. She has a very loyal fan base.
Posted on: Getting Stuff Made & Meeting People
December 22, 2007 at 3:37 AMChinese New Year is all over the SF Bay Area. To a degree, you can't avoid it.
Posted on: What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway?
December 19, 2007 at 2:34 PMI think "sick" has replaced "bad" in current slang to mean something like "cool" or very good. My 11-year old daughter uses it all the time. CPod is such a sick site. Still doesn't sound right to my 40 year old ears.
Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 8, 2007 at 2:09 AMSpeaking of tearing things down, how about a lesson on "burning your bridges" inspired by Robert.
Posted on: Bachelors, Acting, and Game Shows
December 3, 2007 at 5:07 AMI understand from another thread that this is being fixed, but at the moment, "qingwen" is not available to premium subscriptions.
Posted on: Adventures in Chinese Learning
November 23, 2007 at 5:51 PMMmmm... flashcards. As my wife sometimes comments, "Why are all these cards always lying around the house."
Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 17, 2007 at 3:06 AMEileen, best wishes for whatever it is you're doing post CP.
Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 17, 2007 at 3:06 AMEileen, best wishes for whatever it is you're doing post CP.
Posted on: Lying in Chinese
November 14, 2007 at 1:19 AMAs I learned it, jian (见) in this case is a Resultative Complement. It specifies the perception aspect of the verb. For example, looking (kan) without seeing (kanjian), listening (ting) without hearing (tingjian). Just the act of looking would be "kan", like looking out a window or looking down the road. Seeing and recognizing the scenery or a car coming down the street would be "kanjian"
Posted on: Fortunate Cookies
June 14, 2008 at 11:23 PMBillm, I've only heard East Coast people say Chow Mein isn't noodles. I recall a co-worker once complaining he can never find real Chow Mein in California, you know with bean sprouts and no noodles.
A friend once picked up two packages of fortune cookies at a factory in San Francisco's Chinatown. One had somewhat "x-rated" fortunes and one had "g-rated" fortunes for his family and mixed company. Turns out these were mislabeled and both had the risque ones. It was a little embarrassing.