User Comments - rechoboam
rechoboam
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Sichuan
August 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM四川菜...when I went to Chengdu I had liters of something called dan dan mian (???). It was I swear the tastiest thing I have ever had. Does anyone know what it is/ how it is written?
Posted on: Relativity
March 17, 2008 at 11:48 PMand I could probably add that (no offence to the Podders) you probably know ten times as much about relativity as they do, just as they know more about pedadogy than I do. And I have my own area of expertise, we can't blame them for being "borderline inaccurate" in subspecialty areas.
Posted on: Relativity
March 17, 2008 at 11:27 PMacorrigan - chinesepod is never going to be the place for you to learn the vocabulary you need, any more than I am going to learn all about E', wall-motion-filters and Tissue Doppler so that I can perform cardiac anaesthesia in China. The lesson is just a taster, a window into an area of specialist language and I found it really fascinating.
Posted on: Buying Batteries
March 12, 2008 at 9:49 AM我每星期买电池因为我的孩子有很多的电子玩具！Thanks for the great lesson!
Posted on: Beijing/Shanghai and Being a Good Guest
March 1, 2008 at 7:54 PMIf you think it was bad in 1988 being tailed/stared at, imagine what it was like in 1977 when I went to Beijing with my dad! In the middle of February no less. We didn't see any non-Chinese the whole time. But even in 1990 when we went back and travelled all through China everyone was very interested in us. I'll take my own son next year but this time we'll speak Mandarin (xie xie Chinesepod!!)
Posted on: Jewish Holiday
October 10, 2009 at 10:49 PMManleymanson:
There are thousands of Jews still living, or their descendants who spent time in China. My uncle was there as a small child, and my grandfather spent 10 years there. He could speak 上海话 to some extent and visiting his old neighbourhood in Shanghai was one reason I became so interested in Chinese culture and language.