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Done
20,000 characters of the worst kinds of hell Chinese can throw at a translator. We're talking classical and resume and gushing opining about nothing and Hollywood and lists and lists of who visited who ( Read more... ) -
礼
I don't like the way it's translated. Rites, civility, propriety, code of honor, ritual, politeness, rightness (yeah, I've seen that), ethics, morality...I mean, pick one. But you can't, because, y'know, none of them are really accepted definitions. Nor do I like that crappy loanwordy translation where they're all "Dude's guan strap gets cut so ( Read more... ) -
Your carbon footprint
It's a proven fact that human carbon emissions aren't comparable in scale or impact to that of natural factors, such as volcanoes. Therefore, I will be eating red meat, turning the air conditioner up to full, and starting coal-and-dung fires for the happy, giddy thrill of it. I'll still come out carbon neutral ( Read more... ) -
re: snarls
the unwashed proles? seriously? social darwinism, white man's burden, eugenics, man, you've got it all. good thing your chinese is so freaking sweet you can read a book when all the "plebian masses" get sick of listening to you ( Read more... ) -
Re: Down Syndrome analogies
This blog hasn't seen as much action as that post got in YEARS. I thought I was shouting into a void here. Thanks for reading, even if I pissed you off and you won't be back ( Read more... ) -
Right, so I post that, and then...
Do we want a more substantial update about ME ( Read more... ) -
I'm in a snarly fucking mood
Wanna know why? Of course you do, you LJ drama queens. I just got asked, for the gazillionth fucking time, how I got so good at Chinese ( Read more... ) -
Truth from bwg on metafilter.
The Internet is definately responsable for the dumbing down of the english language, were people make mistakes when they really ought to now better ( Read more... ) -
Date an Asian
Jen Kwok - Date an Asian
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(Untitled)
知无方有大用，无为方无不为。天下莫弱于水，而攻坚者莫之能胜。上善若水啊 ( Read more... )