By: Nathan
Unfortunately for Romney, the election's slightly more than two months away. :-)
View ArticleBy: arthur waldron
I wish Huntsman had stayed in the race. What better preparation for the REAL issues we face than service in China, knowledge of Asia, and knowledge of two Chinese forms of speech?
View ArticleBy: Nathan Myers
This reminds me of something I have long wished to know. How do you say "White man speak with forkếd tongue" in Mandarin?
View ArticleBy: Victor Mair
I should have pointed out that, although Huntsman's pronunciation is quite good, "hěnduō de chénggōng" 很多的成功 ("a lot of success") is pretty awkward.
View ArticleBy: Carl Pham
You're kidding, I hope, Arthur. Three straight years of 8% unemployment, housing continuing its slide, student loan debt skyrocketing, more long-term unemployed than ever before, economic growth so...
View ArticleBy: Saint Obama
Carl, You seemed confused by the events in history. Our unemployment rate is high due to the promise of laser focus the republicans failed to deliver. Housing is rebounding, so your wronqg about that,...
View ArticleBy: Matthew
Colbert: "Looking back, what would you had to have done…?" Is there a post on this construction?
View ArticleBy: Randy Alexander
Not only is his pronunciation pretty good, but his whole manner of communicating changes — his facial expressions, the way he breaks the phrases. He seems to keep his lips in a more rounded shape when...
View ArticleBy: S. Tsow
I'm still waiting to know how you say "White man speak with forked tongue" in Mandarin. Has to be "Bai ren…" something.
View ArticleBy: W. Sun
@S. Tsow & N. Mayer It depends on what you don't want to lose in translation, since it is an idiom of native American origin without Chinese equivalent. The first translation I instinctively came...
View ArticleBy: Greg Coladonato
Isn't 'liange yue yihou' also ungrammatical in this use? Wouldn't 'liange yue lai' be better? Forgive me if my own Chinese is too rusty.
View ArticleBy: Eric
Thank you, Professor Mair. As soon as I heard that come out of his mouth I knew I could count on finding a translation from you here.
View ArticleBy: Chaon
"Isn't 'liange yue yihou' also ungrammatical in this use?" Greg, I hope not. Because that is exactly how I would say it. Remember that Huntsman's formative time in learning Chinese was in Taiwan, and I...
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