http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/10/sound-off-your-own-private-hanzismatter-for-halloween/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= Home of the Beijing Sounds Studios: productions mostly of language through foreign ears Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:08:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/10/sound-off-your-own-private-hanzismatter-for-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-45942 Brendan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:12:09 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=1045#comment-45942 I've heard stories -- possibly apocryphal -- of people getting it in the shorts during the Cultural Revolution after accidentally wishing Chairman Mao 无岁. Dang simplified characters. I’ve heard stories — possibly apocryphal — of people getting it in the shorts during the Cultural Revolution after accidentally wishing Chairman Mao 无岁. Dang simplified characters.

]]> http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/10/sound-off-your-own-private-hanzismatter-for-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-40622 syz Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:50:30 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=1045#comment-40622 Aaron, that's a classic example! Especially beautiful because of that first bemused thought of yours: "that's a strange thing to brag about." I woulda done the same thing and mentally added, "well, maybe it's in the category of things that just don't make sense until you're thoroughly embedded" rather than thinking that I'd made a comprehension mistake. Aaron, that’s a classic example! Especially beautiful because of that first bemused thought of yours: “that’s a strange thing to brag about.” I woulda done the same thing and mentally added, “well, maybe it’s in the category of things that just don’t make sense until you’re thoroughly embedded” rather than thinking that I’d made a comprehension mistake.

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