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candygx
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hi, everyone, I am candy, the newest one in here. I am girl working in shanghai, is there any foreigner who can help me with my oral english? and also I can help you with your Chinese. Thanks.  |
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ash96
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Adam7
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Hi Candy, I'd be up for a bit of Oral!
Had to be said. |
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milo-sh
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Apr 16, 2007 - 12:44 PM |
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"Oral" ... I could see it coming from a mile away.  |
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yu888
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mat
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Apr 16, 2007 - 12:52 PM |
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I am girl working in shanghai
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I'll volunteer. Lesson 1 - you got two words in the wrong order in the above sentence. |
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Lotta
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ORAL
adj.
Spoken rather than written. See Usage Note at verbal.
Of or relating to the mouth: oral surgery.
Used in or taken through the mouth: an oral thermometer; an oral vaccine.
Consisting of or using speech: oral instruction.
Linguistics. Articulated through the mouth only, with the nasal passages closed
n.
An academic examination in which questions and answers are spoken rather than written. Often used in the plural.
[Late Latin ōrālis, from Latin ōs, ōr-, mouth.]
May be it is british.. oral = spoken.. ofcourse many members here seem to think otherwise.. |
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guel27
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oral  |
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tijssie80
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Apr 24, 2007 - 10:58 PM |
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hmmm, I;m good at lip-reading too...would be a nice lesson for both of us perfecting our skills |
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kinsey
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read my lips.... O R A L |
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supereternal
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phrixus
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phrixus
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Seaweed
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Apr 25, 2007 - 03:07 AM |
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Come on, guys! Cut this poor girl some break! She obviously has no clue what the word implies. It's probably a British thing. I get a chuckle every time I hear the school kids mentioning their "rubber".
Where are our British allies? Anything vice versa on your side of the pond? Let's be fair and share!  |
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sienna
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Apr 25, 2007 - 04:51 AM |
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LOL
I don't know anyone that name themselves Candy except for pornstars.
it is a british thing, they do say Oral, I remember me laughing to it when our british teacher said that "We need to practice on our oral skills" |
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chiaying2007
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Apr 25, 2007 - 07:59 AM |
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[quote="sienna"]LOL
I don't know anyone that name themselves Candy except for pornstars.
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JD
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Apr 25, 2007 - 08:12 AM |
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I don't know anyone that name themselves Candy except for pornstars.
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... and you know the pornstar Candy ? |
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JD
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Apr 25, 2007 - 08:26 AM |
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| always drives me nuts that they use the word oral as opposed to spoken or verbal. is it a british thing? |
It seems to have been added in the English vocabulary somewhere early 17th century. The word itself is of Latin origin and used in both sides of the Atlantic referring to for example spoken examinations or mouth health.
Language learning professionals and academics tend to use this word.
American Heritage -dictionary recognizes the word. |
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pixelpunter
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Apr 25, 2007 - 08:36 AM |
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LOL
I don't know anyone that name themselves Candy except for pornstars.
it is a british thing, they do say Oral, I remember me laughing to it when our british teacher said that "We need to practice on our oral skills" |
actually I knew a very cute little girl, about 2-years old named Candy, I think it was spelt differently, but that was the name. And her parents were expats. I've also met quite a few Chinese girls named Candy, completely ignorant of any negative connectations to the name. I think they make direct translations, as in Candy=sweet, just like girls get nicknames or are named flower, beautiful etc.
In South Africa we speak of orals in school when referring to a speech that one must present to the rest of the class. |
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phrixus
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Apr 25, 2007 - 08:43 AM |
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candy is almost a common name among cantonese chinese actually |
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candygx
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Apr 25, 2007 - 09:15 AM |
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Thank you for your guys' help, especially for the name thing, actually, my chinese nicakname means "sweet" in chinese, that's why I named myself Candy. I am very sad to hear that someone said the name is usually a pornstar.I am thinking to change another name |
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ericst29
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Apr 25, 2007 - 09:32 AM |
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Dear Candy, don't feel offended by anything mentioned above; your name is fine and wannabe chicks like Sienna who bring up 'pornstar' connections should be first aware of their very empty headed blog contributions, before coming up with comments like this. Probably the language exchange section gives you a bigger chance of finding what you are looking for. Good luck ! |
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candygx
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Apr 25, 2007 - 09:37 AM |
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Eric,thank you so much for your help, are you Chinese? |
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HoboJuice
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Apr 25, 2007 - 09:40 AM |
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my pornstar name is Curtis Beans-and-Frank |
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ash96
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Apr 25, 2007 - 10:31 AM |
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| I don't know anyone that name themselves Candy except for pornstars. |
I found that the locals always like to use the name candy. Some of them even have weird names! |
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