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Tentacle Pleasures & voice-over work

Two of our student’s parents run a video production company, and they offered for us to do the narrating for a video. I was the man voices; Jessica had the narration and the girl voices. It was fun,...

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Choosing Chinese Names: more dangerous than you think

We are overdue to have Chinese names. But for Westerners, choosing a good Chinese name is harder than you might think. One American that my teacher knows picked her own name, choosing the characters in...

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Community Art Project: interpret this

For our interpretive community. Lots of you are educated in literature and things relating to textual criticism. Surely with our powers combined we can find meaning in this. Friend -5’C because you...

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It goes both ways…

If you’ve ever wondered what our Chinese sounds like to Chinese people, this movie trailer makes a fine dynamic equivalent: Man I hope they’re selling $1 copies of this on the street soon! (P.S. – if...

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What’s in a (Chinglish) name? I’ll tell you…

I like that Chinese people sometimes choose unusual English names or transliterate their names into English (when they can), not because we get to laugh at the occasionally odd results (though that is...

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When it comes to Chinglish, fair is fair

One of my friends in particular loves to practice his Chinglish on me. I in turn refuse to reply in English, opting instead to inflict him with my own Chinglish. For example, he just sent me this text:...

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Chinglish fun: transliteration disasters

You realize just how related the Chinese and English languages aren’t when you come across transliterated words. Using Chinese syllables to pronounce English words often results in something completely...

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Beware “EXPLOSIVE DOG” in Tianjin, China

Chinglish is everywhere in China, but rarely is it this awesome! I saw this tonight in the Tianjin subway. It’s handler gave me permission to take her explosive dog’s picture. “Explosive dog” is 搜爆犬...

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Merry Chinese Christmas… text message style

It’s custom in China to send people wishes via text message on the biggest holidays, sort of like what Christmas cards used to be in North America. Here’s one I received on Christmas Day from a friend:...

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Chinese “compliments”— English student edition

Chinese ways of showing interest, care or concern for someone often take the form of unsolicited advice about things foreigners consider very personal, usually with humourous (if the foreigners are...

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Funny video: Pronouncing English with Chinese syllables

It’s fun when you can get a joke in another language, even if it is middle school potty humour. I’ve come across this joke before, and it’s a funny demonstration of the pronunciation differences...

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Coffee with Chinglish… and a promise

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Bible story Chinglish

My favourite Sunday school Chinglish ever: The Parable of the Prodigal Son like you’ve never experienced it before. From our friend Lindy in Tianjin. “He…lived a wild life wasting his money on beers...

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This Chinese preschool’s Chinglish is getting out of hand

The Top (read: Bottom) Three Chinglish Offenses from this last semester. #3 – LOVE RAISED ME LIPSTICK SAVED ME Really: How does this stuff end up on children’s clothes in China? #2 — MONEY CASH HOES I...

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A Chinese tattoo in Canada

Saw a lot of Chinese tattoos during our two months in North America this summer. Some were good, some were legible but obviously drawn by a non-Chinese, some were wrong but guessable. This is the...

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