Comments on: The Chinese http://confessionsofacerealkiller.blog.friendster.com/2005/08/the-chinese/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:01:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: 'SzeMein' http://confessionsofacerealkiller.blog.friendster.com/2005/08/the-chinese/#comment-17 'SzeMein' Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:14:42 +0000 http://confessionsofacerealkiller.blog.friendster.com/2005/08/the-chinese/#comment-17 hey therese!how r u?oh..congrats!knowing dat u r in UM now...but dun b so sad if u think dat u r in China ler..cos in UKM oso the same case wif u.no1 seems to know english...and of cos the main language among chinese will b mandarin.i was so shocked at 1st..juz like u..but it's not a bad thing oso i guess, v can learn mandarin mah!!(haha..i'm oso a banana ler..but thank god still manage to communicate wif the ppl there) so take gud care of urself! c'ya! hey therese!how r u?oh..congrats!knowing dat u r in UM now…but dun b so sad if u think dat u r in China ler..cos in UKM oso the same case wif u.no1 seems to know english…and of cos the main language among chinese will b mandarin.i was so shocked at 1st..juz like u..but it’s not a bad thing oso i guess, v can learn mandarin mah!!(haha..i’m oso a banana ler..but thank god still manage to communicate wif the ppl there)

so take gud care of urself!
c’ya!

]]> By: Yuan Wu http://confessionsofacerealkiller.blog.friendster.com/2005/08/the-chinese/#comment-16 Yuan Wu Sat, 13 Aug 2005 09:16:49 +0000 http://confessionsofacerealkiller.blog.friendster.com/2005/08/the-chinese/#comment-16 Mandarin speakers are generally more subtle and indirect when communicating. They are also more politically correct and polite. English speakers just can't understand why they keep beating around the bush(gently). English speakers are more direct and in-your-face. If you are stupid, they look straight at your face and say, "You're stupid." Mandarin speakers see this bluntness as being rude and proud. BTW, I love Chinese profanities. (I'm a boy after all.) Hokkien - most profane of all & Cantonese - rhymes with each other. Mandarin is also full of puns - good for crude and sexually implied jokes. Mandarin speakers are generally more subtle and indirect when communicating. They are also more politically correct and polite. English speakers just can’t understand why they keep beating around the bush(gently).

English speakers are more direct and in-your-face. If you are stupid, they look straight at your face and say, “You’re stupid.” Mandarin speakers see this bluntness as being rude and proud.

BTW, I love Chinese profanities. (I’m a boy after all.) Hokkien - most profane of all & Cantonese - rhymes with each other. Mandarin is also full of puns - good for crude and sexually implied jokes.

]]> By: Shakirah http://confessionsofacerealkiller.blog.friendster.com/2005/08/the-chinese/#comment-15 Shakirah Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:19:28 +0000 http://confessionsofacerealkiller.blog.friendster.com/2005/08/the-chinese/#comment-15 ur mandarin must b damn good by now... well...the arrogant n mean thingy...hmmm...i wld say that the arrogant part is most of the time the 'misconception' ppl haf..the mean part...there's no other explanation for this except that we ARE mean...BUT, at least we do acknowledge the fact..hehehe...but anyways, i think that Mandarin is a beautiful, gentle n sweet language, n u guys have never thought me any profanities in mandarin (i dun think there are any)...hehehe...u ppl thought me cantonese...hahaha... well, looks like we're all going further n further away from our 'comfort zone'..at least this new experience opens up our eyes to the fact that people ARE different,n by this i mean that there are a whole range of ppl out there, there's more to the different n hilarious characters we saw in school...n that not everybody is mean n arrogant (???) ur mandarin must b damn good by now…

well…the arrogant n mean thingy…hmmm…i wld say that the arrogant part is most of the time the ‘misconception’ ppl haf..the mean part…there’s no other explanation for this except that we ARE mean…BUT, at least we do acknowledge the fact..hehehe…but anyways, i think that Mandarin is a beautiful, gentle n sweet language, n u guys have never thought me any profanities in mandarin (i dun think there are any)…hehehe…u ppl thought me cantonese…hahaha…

well, looks like we’re all going further n further away from our ‘comfort zone’..at least this new experience opens up our eyes to the fact that people ARE different,n by this i mean that there are a whole range of ppl out there, there’s more to the different n hilarious characters we saw in school…n that not everybody is mean n arrogant (???)

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