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frenchlover1999
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Jan 05, 2006 - 11:14 AM |
 
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It is because one of our Frenchmen, known as William the Bastard in France but later as William the Conqueror, went to England to become your King. Then all the nobles started to speak French while the farmers continued with English. Thats why the farmers' pigs, cows and sheep become pork, beef and mutton when they end up in your plate. |
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The_Meanderer
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Jan 05, 2006 - 12:03 PM |
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^^^Ahhhhh! That's why we have different names for the meat! I never knew! |
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imfine2
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Jan 05, 2006 - 02:07 PM |
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Frenchlover1999, if you tried to prove that Chinese is a kind of language of limitations so that it has to loan words from other languages, I can tell you, English language is actually the NO. 1 borrower. If you noticed many English words do not have equivalents in Chinese, this is no wonder. Being originally Anglo-Saxon, of course English received many words from its Germanic ancestor. But as a result of Norman French invaders, a large number of Romance words have also come in, derived mostly from Latin (and somewhat from Greek) so that today about 55% of the words stem from that source although the remaining 45% of the mostly Germanic words are the ones most used in everyday speech. Apart from those English words of international origins, English also have lots of words known as loanwords directly borrowed from other languages. Do you know English also have many words of Chinese origin or directly borrow from Chinese?  |
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frenchlover1999
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Jan 05, 2006 - 02:46 PM |
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Frenchlover1999, if you tried to prove that Chinese is a kind of language of limitations so that it has to loan words from other languages,
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Yawn. I think my actual point is now proven beyond any doubt. TIC. This is China. |
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imfine2
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Jan 05, 2006 - 03:08 PM |
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What has been "proven beyond any doubt"?
English language is a perfect example of Language of various origins? Or your actual point of about limitations of Chinese is absurd?
By the way, that does "TIC" mean? |
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bellabella
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Jan 05, 2006 - 03:26 PM |
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TIC - This Is China. He said it. |
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imfine2
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Jan 05, 2006 - 03:42 PM |
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I C. Had thought he meant "Typical Intelligent Chinese" |
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littlefox
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Jan 05, 2006 - 04:28 PM |
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I think chinamanshuffle says it all. Pure juvenile show off. But hey, can you change the topic to language limitation of certain Chinese, FL?
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| Another related topic, have you noticed that when near a foreigner, some locals will switch to English even when talking to other locals. |
Just had to get something off my chest, I found it's weird to talk to my fellow Chinese in English. There are many occasions that I hangout with both locals and westerners, it was interesting that it just happened to me so many times. Just a recent case, I was talking with a friend in a bar, a Chinese girl he knows walked in, so he introduced us and I was about to talk to the girl, knowing he doesn't understand a bit of Chinese, I threw him a look and he understood. He said "I don't mind you girls talking to each other in Chinese." to both of us. So I started talking to the girl in Chinese, that girl turned a deaf ear to me and his words but just talk to him in English all night.
Lost my curiosity to know her immediately.
I could be wrong though, maybe she has a selective memory of the languages she learnt. |
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MaomingMaster
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Jan 05, 2006 - 06:24 PM |
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Well, what about us foreigners speaking Chinese to each other? The reprobates I hang out with throw in the occassional Chinese word, sometimes some Chinglish.
But we only do it caucasionally. |
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rutuman
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Jan 05, 2006 - 06:35 PM |
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lf - life tough gettin nailed by a laowai with a thousand more in the queue.
i think they r just weird and pretentious and love to show how smart they r by using an english word in front of me.
man, do i feel like a dik when my foreign student friends switch to chinese (same or better than english) and im left there umm-ing and arrr-ing. |
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imfine2
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Jan 05, 2006 - 07:19 PM |
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If you can speak English, don't thank teacher, but thank SOLDIER. |
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rutuman
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Jan 05, 2006 - 07:39 PM |
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^ is that how u reffered to all those laowai who ran u through?
ur a little trooper yourself sugar |
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maodaman
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Jan 05, 2006 - 10:06 PM |
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| So I started talking to the girl in Chinese, that girl turned a deaf ear to me and his words but just talk to him in English all night. |
Littlefox, of course that girl turned a deaf ear to you, you aint gonna get her a passport or some greenback. |
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rutuman
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Jan 05, 2006 - 10:08 PM |
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^ competition is fiercious, dui ba? |
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rutuman
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Jan 05, 2006 - 10:08 PM |
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littlefox
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Jan 06, 2006 - 01:09 PM |
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| maodaman wrote: |
| Littlefox, of course that girl turned a deaf ear to you, you aint gonna get her a passport or some greenback. |
Guess I need to flip some greenback in front of her next time. hahaha  |
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rutuman
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Jan 06, 2006 - 01:16 PM |
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The_Meanderer
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Jan 07, 2006 - 09:40 AM |
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| But we only do it caucasionally. |
haha! That one slipped past! Very good |
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MaomingMaster
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Jan 07, 2006 - 09:44 AM |
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What can I say? I'm a misunderstood comedic genius, Meanderer....
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