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| Guests Guest Group Joined 7376 days ago 0 - 22 votes Logged on | Message 25 of 57 29 January 2007 at 2:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I found the charachter 肏 (cao) very interresting.
The definition in the chinese dictionary is to "f**k". And the explanation in the chinese character page is so funny : 入 (enter) + 肉 (meat) = 肏 enter into the meat (f**k) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Frisco Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6856 days ago 380 posts - 398 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Italian, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 26 of 57 29 January 2007 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's easy to remember.
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| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7163 days ago 487 posts - 503 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 27 of 57 30 January 2007 at 2:37am | IP Logged | ||
Ironic that one of the few Chinese characters with an easy-to-remember derivation is one you can't even use in polite company... 肏肏肏! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| japkorengchi Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 6680 days ago 334 posts - 355 votes | Message 28 of 57 30 January 2007 at 7:41am | IP Logged | ||
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This character is so cute~! I like it.
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| skeeterses Senior Member United States angelfire.com/games5Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6618 days ago 302 posts - 356 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Spanish | Message 29 of 57 01 February 2007 at 6:17am | IP Logged | ||
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I can tell a kind of funny experience with this. I was on a local mountain trail talking with some girls around my age. An older Korean woman walked by and basically said that I was playing in a flower garden. I didn't quite catch it but when one of the Korean friends told me what the older woman said, it was kind of funny.
But I do sometimes hear people say "Migusaram" or tell their friends basic information about me like where I work or where I live. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| badger2 Senior Member Finland Joined 6611 days ago 156 posts - 156 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Finnish | Message 30 of 57 09 February 2007 at 4:29am | IP Logged | ||
Hah, that's a great anecdote. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PETE Triglot Groupie United States Joined 6483 days ago 73 posts - 85 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Spanish | Message 31 of 57 26 February 2007 at 2:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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I learned my German while living in Berlin for a couple of years.
When I returned to live in southern Germany (Augsburg) later on, I received some very strange looks when I initially started using my German. It was then that it was pointed out to me (none too gently) that an American learning German in Berlin is like a German going to America and learning English on Long Island or in the Bronx. It is difficult to be taken seriously when you are an American speaking German with the German equivilant of a Tony Soprano or Joey Buttafuco accent combined with your own. Needless to say I worked very hard to mimmick the Bavarian accent. Hoch Deutsch was not in the cards, though. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| andee Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7077 days ago 681 posts - 724 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Korean, French | Message 32 of 57 04 March 2007 at 2:26am | IP Logged | ||
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Not directed at me, but I went to Melbourne recently and heard an elderly Korean couple in a food court.
He started walking away from her and she asked "where are you going honey?" ... "I'm going to the fkn bathroom, why are you asking me?" (really loudly). I just sat back and laughed. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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