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Monthly Archives November 2008

Statistical analysis: Zhonglish-Chinglish conference a success

On how to give away T-shirts, a taxicab Tāngr-Tāng recap with a bit of Zhonglish, and the bonus: a groundbreaking announcement for the 2009 conference

Posted 30 November 2008 † syz § beijing-r § běijīnghuà § personal § tones § zhonglish § érhuàyīn ‡ Comments (8) °

Obama, Zhonglish, greater Manchuria — a sinister connection?

In this Beijing Sounds exclusive, we build on the story that Obama campaign computers had been compromised by “Russian or Chinese” hackers back in August.
We need to ask ourselves: might they have been invited in?

Posted 09 November 2008 † syz § zhonglish ‡ Comments (5) °

Zhonglish / Chinglish conference (would-be) attendees

Apologies for the administrivia. I just discovered that a couple folks who rsvp-d for the Nov 17 event were stuck in spam filters of one sort or another.
If you have responded but not heard back from me, please write again (bjshengr -AT- gmail -DOT- com). If you’re still not getting through, you can always leave [...]

Posted 06 November 2008 † syz § meta ‡ Comments (0) °

Instant Zhonglish improvement — guaranteed

[ADVERTISEMENT: don't forget to consider the Zhonglish / Chinglish conference on Nov 17 -- still haven't heard from some of you three regular readers]
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Life is like a karaoke club — you always think you sound a bit better than you really do.
A karaoke club is like life — you can get away with a lot [...]

Posted 01 November 2008 † syz § Chao Yuen Ren 赵元任 Zhào Yuánrèn § beijing-r § zhonglish ‡ Comments (7) °