Zhōu Yǒuguāng on a Beijing talk show; 4=2 in Beijing; Pinyin and topolects; schadenfreude
Everyone knows that literacy in Mandarin means hour after brutal hour of memorizing and practicing a script whose design clearly shows the influence of sadistic genius. Here are a couple of favorites from the torture rack: two pairs of characters that have [...]
Briefly, since there are no Beijing Sounds in this at all. The boilerplate WARNING in the blog sidebar has sufficed to keep most of the lawyers out of the messy back yard here at BJS, where we do indulge in full-monty writing behavior that would get us banned from any reputable venue.
But since the warning [...]
Another snippet on how Manchu isn’t quite ancient history. Preview to a post covering a TV appearance by Zhōu Yǒuguāng (周有光).
How do you start out an interview with a spry 102-year-old? In the US, you might ask if he remembers seeing his first car. In Beijing you might ask him about whether he ever had [...]
Meta — sometimes you gotta
For those who prefer old-fashioned email notification about posts, Beijing Sounds finally has an option for that again. This is not to imply that the technical team has returned from the 3-month-old strike over management insults, as this is the subject of continued and tense negotiations, with rumors of sabotage and [...]
Director's selection
- Tāng v. Tāngr
- Silkworm husbandry
- Bay-Jing / Beizzhing
- Zhonglish
- Sand diapers
- Tip of the turd
- Zrrr, Zrrr!
- The humble-V says veng veng
Box office hits
- 2009 fiscal year
- 2008 fiscal year
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