2010/11/18 Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com:
On 18 November 2010 21:19, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
My brother has been doing some research on these bottles we toasted from
when we were in China this May.
Seems that BaiJiu has a storied history in China. The
Character-based languages are interesting.
For example, there is a character for roof.
Also a character for woman and pig.
If you put the pig character under the roof character you have the word home.
If you put the woman character under the roof character you have the
word peace.
If you put TWO
On 19 November 2010 15:21, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote:
Character-based languages are interesting.
For example, there is a character for roof.
Also a character for woman and pig.
If you put the pig character under the roof character you have the word
home.
If you put the woman
On Nov 18, 2010, at 21:12, Sandy Harris wrote:
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
Seems that BaiJiu has a storied history in China. The description of this
beverage as smelling/tasting like 'a cross between rubbing alcohol and
diesel fuel' is not
On 2010-11-19 10:21, CheekyGeek wrote:
Perhaps this much Chinese should be taught in all schools?
: )
I think it would be better to teach enough Engrish so that we could
actually communicate with the folks in the customer support call center
when something goes wrong with our consumer
Assuming you mean teach the Chinese English, you haven't met many
Chinese students. They all learn English starting in elementary school
and continue learning it through university. Some are better than
others, of course. But people who live in glass houses...
The old joke is: What do you call
On 2010-11-19 16:09, CheekyGeek wrote:
Assuming you mean teach the Chinese English, you haven't met many
Not English, EngRish. :-)
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My brother has been doing some research on these bottles we toasted from when
we were in China this May.
Seems that BaiJiu has a storied history in China. The description of this
beverage as smelling/tasting like 'a cross between rubbing alcohol and diesel
fuel' is not far off.
Reading up on
On 18 November 2010 21:19, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
My brother has been doing some research on these bottles we toasted from when
we were in China this May.
Seems that BaiJiu has a storied history in China. The description of this
beverage as smelling/tasting like 'a cross
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
Seems that BaiJiu has a storied history in China. The description of this
beverage as smelling/tasting like 'a cross between rubbing alcohol and diesel
fuel' is not far off.
That's a pretty good description of the
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