User Comments - kimiik
kimiik
Posted on: New Year's Wishes
January 1, 2010 at 5:10 PMI wonder what makes john's voice sound different after 8:45 (more muffled). It sounds like he stepped back from the microphone after speaking about "pretty girls". ;o)
Also, I don't really hear "你疯了吧？你！" but more "你疯了 闻你啊" or something like that with wen2 or wen3. Am I the only one ?
Posted on: Office Christmas Party
December 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM说到"拆开", 吃螃蟹的时候我在一小饭店听说"拆吃螃蟹"。"拆吃"是不是标准的话? In this circumstance, would it mean "messy eating" (breaking the shell in the mouth) ?
Posted on: Going to Wudang Mountain
December 23, 2009 at 8:12 AMRZA是这个被称为"武当派"(Wu-Tang Clan)的领导人。
看它在Google以后, 我明白了这个笑话。
Posted on: Having One's Nails Done
December 18, 2009 at 5:53 PMHi go_manly,
Recently in London, I heard the word "MacDo" which is the french nickname for MacDonalds (but the french pronunciation of "Mac" is slightly different from the english).
... 对不起，跑题了！
Posted on: I Want a Thick Blanket
December 15, 2009 at 1:40 PMAccording to Wiktionary :
Duvet comes from british english (through old french)
Doona comes from australian english (it's a trademark)
Quilt comes from american english
Posted on: Voucher Promotion at the Mall
December 15, 2009 at 9:59 AMWhat I just found out on Google :
2,720,000 results for "白吃白住的人"
256,000 results for "白吃白喝的人"
2,900,000 results for "白吃的人"
48,600 results for "白吃白喝的动物"
0 result for "白吃白住的动物"
0 result for "白住的动物"
0 result for "白吃的动物"
0 result for "白吃白住的狗"
605,000 results for "白吃的狗" (maybe a mistake of Google here)
0 result for "白吃白住的猫"
7 results for "白吃的猫"
... interesting.
Posted on: Wrapping a Gift
December 11, 2009 at 9:18 AM当打架的时候, 带被子很有用: 可以一边打一边保护。 ;o)
Posted on: Lo and La （咯 & 啦）
November 17, 2009 at 6:11 PMWhen I look for 语气词 on Cpod Search Engine, I only see this lesson (and the SBTG about Confucius).
But I'm pretty sure I listened to another one with John few months before this one. Is it still in the archives ?
Posted on: City Stats
November 5, 2009 at 10:14 AMThank you for your help. Some concepts of urban development and city planning seem to be quite vague in chinese.
I'll try to use 卧城 for Commuter/Dormitory town.
As 住宅区 is a residential area in a city then 住宅城 could be a "Residential town". It's not the same concept as "Dormitory town" but it's close.
Posted on: Getting Taller (Not Fatter)
January 5, 2010 at 7:46 AMIt's interesting to notice that the chinese for Ultraman (奥特曼) sounds like the english pronunciation of the word Ottoman (奥斯曼 or 奥托曼).
Btw, I didn't know that "ottoman" could also describ a type of furniture :
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ottoman