User Comments - nicolas
nicolas
Posted on: Godzilla in Shanghai
September 28, 2007 at 4:13 AMda4shan1 ? who is da4shan1 ? :-)
Posted on: Arrival in Jizhou
September 27, 2007 at 2:29 AMChangye, Such a statement in front just of your Chinese poems will do it: I wrote this post only to improve MY Chinese writing skills You will spend your time better if you skip reading it
Posted on: Arrival in Jizhou
September 26, 2007 at 7:59 AMFirst of all, please excuse my English which is not my native language, as you may have noticed from my (real) name. Better if I make my point crystal clear than stopping in the middle of the road in defending my case. So here are my points rephrased somewhat : A. Time is in limited quantity, right ? B. In that limited period of time, learners are better off reading "certain to be correct" Chinese than "likely to be incorrect" Chinese, right ? C. Publishing a post is an invitation to read that post. Otherwise, why publish ? D.Writing without publishing is enough to improve one's writting skills. E. A+B+C+D imply that an intermediate learner who posts a long comment in Chinese in fact invites other learners to misuse their time reading "likely to be incorrect Chinese" rather than "certain to be correct" Chinese. Having said that : 1.Those who write randomly one or two sentences in Chinese are welcome (I mean by me) 2.I respect freedom of expression 3.I must admit, although reluctantly, that Lantian posts are very funny. Sorry, I meant rather funny !
Posted on: Arrival in Jizhou
September 25, 2007 at 11:57 AMIf "Changye's written Chinese is better than NUMEROUS native Chinese people" (dixit Man2Toe) , why is he following newbie lessons on Chinesepod ? @Lantian, thanks to you I discovered a new word. However, I don't feel like I am trolling, rather expressing the view of the silent majority.
Posted on: Arrival in Jizhou
September 24, 2007 at 9:02 PMI just skip users' comments in Chinese characters What's the point of reading Changye's "poems" if they include mistakes ? I prefer to read lessons, newspapers, whatever source has been written by native Chinese speakers.
Posted on: Arrival in Jizhou
September 21, 2007 at 2:35 AMto follow up on riceater comment, "impressed" can mean "embarrassed" for lots of learners who may feel like this is not a place for them to ask basic questions. I think comments should be interesting for the vast majority, not for a happy few.
Posted on: What's tomorrow?
September 18, 2007 at 1:14 AMKyle, it seems that your explanation is inaccurate :-)
Posted on: 你好 (Nǐhǎo) is a Many-Splendored Thing
September 17, 2007 at 12:00 AMhenning and greatmidy : thanks ! good stuff for me to memorize.
Posted on: I'm hot!
September 9, 2007 at 12:11 PMgot it again I was right, it's a cache problem I send a mail to support (even if it's not an issue for me)
Posted on: Li Yan's Diary: Love and Italian Food
September 29, 2007 at 10:36 PMBetween : those who are good enough to give explanations and, those whose level is definitely NOT good enough but can't resist giving explanations, it really becomes tricky to sort out the good from the bad in these discussions.