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China announced Olympic mascots... (pg. 3)
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| Demoted |
| quote: | Originally posted by dinoXpress
When someone says from I generally take it to mean native to said country.
I live here as my pops works here.
I haven't lived in Canada since I was 6, and I've only live in the US (Houston) for 2 years. I'm American/Canadian/British (I hold all three passports).
I have a weird life. |
I don't even have one passport. Yeeeek |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by Demoted
I don't even have one passport. Yeeeek |
LOL!
And almost all the pages are full in my American one as it's generally the easiest to travel on. (Yeah whatever, lots of people don't like Americans but unless I'm in Europe or a country that is particularly hostile towards the USA a la Cuba, then believe me, the US passport is always the easiest.) I need to get more pages for it. :p |
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| Demoted |
| quote: | Originally posted by dinoXpress
LOL!
And almost all the pages are full in my American one as it's generally the easiest to travel on. (Yeah whatever, lots of people don't like Americans but unless I'm in Europe or a country that is particularly hostile towards the USA a la Cuba, then believe me, the US passport is always the easiest.) I need to get more pages for it. :p |
I wonder, can you get little custom passports like you can get custom-made checks? With like, little backgrounds on the backs of the pages and such? Because man oh man would that be schwat.
I'd have pictures of blimps doin' it. |
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| oje_oje |
[To sum up the discussion: Question, why chinese aren't present at TA, they are considered not to speak english]
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
they dont need to learn, nor would one put the effort to learn a language they really dont need just to communicate to westerners online. |
There is some truth. Consider, please, that China is an empire. You have lots of local languages in there with the official language being "Mandarin" (known to us Westerners as "Chinese"). The situation is much more worse than in Europe where everyone has to learn English as the main European language. In fact, in China a large part of the population does not speak "Mandarin". Okay, then consider there a lot of smart and young people around speaking, reading and writing Mandarin. There is no need for them to learn other languages because China is a world of its own (look at the olympic mascots, that is part of this very different culture).
Then consider that a few students (and nobody else) need to learn english. To make it hard for them they have to learn the western alphabet first (they use a different system). Once they managed to learn it they will need to speak the words they can already read and write. That is the next hurdle because the pronounciation of english words does not follow the way you write them and to make it especially difficult, the chinese languages are tonal languages where the way you pronounce the same vocabulary decides whether you name someone "mother" or "horse" (yes, the word for both is the same, it is just the way how to speak the word makes the difference). It is a completely different way to communicate.
Then consider that they take all hurdles and finally find TA. What do you think, do they understand words (and cultural outflows) such as "orly" "f*ck" "ch00n" and what there is more? I don't think so.
I met a few chinese students here in Dresden where they studied physics and biotechnologies. They did not speak german at all (they did not need to) and their english (needed) was underdeveloped. But nevertheless, it was quite interesting to discuss a few things with them (life-style, the role of sex in China, politics) to learn more about China. Was very interesting ....
But I would consider them to know, what Trance is (in some way Music is a universal language) so that I would expect China having a chinese counterpart to TranceAddict.com). Except that you cannot find it because it is all in "Chinese"....
And yes, try to search the chinese counterpart of "google" (google is blocked in China), baidu.com for mp3 files: it is officially allowed there to share mp3-files, look at http://mp3.baidu.com |
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| h0tsweetbabyd0l |
yeah pretty ugly !!!
but i think the mascots generally speaking aren't that great maybe u guys remenber footix for the world cup 98 (soccer ) in france
i thought it was ridiculous and i remenber once in class back in high school our teacher asked what were the symbols of france and i yelled "footix " was so damn funny:p |
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| Floorfiller |
| they can have all the mascots they want...China kicks ass in the olympics... |
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| oje_oje |
| quote: | Originally posted by h0tsweetbabyd0l
i thought it was ridiculous and i remenber once in class back in high school our teacher asked what were the symbols of france and i yelled "footix " was so damn funny:p |
Oh, from the german point of view do not forget "Asterix" or "Idefix" ;) |
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| trance4life627 |
| they need to add ping pong as an olympic sport....asians would own |
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| Spacey Orange |
those things ar a let better than Izzy (1996):
:nervous: |
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| dj_bas |
I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE PANDAS!
And now to read the rest of the thread... |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by trance4life627
they need to add ping pong as an olympic sport....asians would own |
it is an olympic sport and Korea Dominates it. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
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Athens 2004
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