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Aussie Mike
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Things not to do
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November 28, 2010, 02:21:45 am »
It is advisable not to say...
1. "Hello, you don't know me but I know you, I want to be your friend, I want to learn English"
2. "Hello, hello, hello, hello... hee hee giggle snigger"
3. "Where are you from, how much money do you make, do you like China, do you like Chinese food, do you like Chinese girls?
At least wait for a response before asking the next question.
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ebby
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November 28, 2010, 03:26:42 am »
It's the same everyday!
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Aussie Mike
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November 28, 2010, 05:09:20 am »
Give us some examples...
I don't go to English Cornered anymore, too often I'm bombarded with the same Chinglish questions.
You get to know which text books they are being taught with.
If you want to get to know someone, be interesting enough to be noticed.
Some questions or rather the way they are being asked, make me feel like I don't want to know that particular person.
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alex feldmen
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December 08, 2010, 05:00:52 am »
I agree with you.
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YetAnotherCanadian
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January 13, 2011, 01:40:19 am »
Me too.
I question I dislike is 'Do you like China?'. I never know how to respond. In western culture, you are supposed to be as honest as possible unless honesty makes your audience feel uncomfortable. It's like being asked 'Do I look fat in this dress?'
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Andy72
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January 13, 2011, 11:42:39 pm »
in Hefei:
"do you like chinese food?"
..when there are maybe 1-2 not-chinese food restaurants that can really be called that!!!
too easy saying korean bbq is not like chinese food!!!
and please, do not say that pizza hut pizza is good pizza!
it does not even taste as pizza hut in europe!
i know, shanghai and big cities, very different.. lots of proepr not-chinese restaurant..
btw, i
love
chinese food!!!
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lewin
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January 14, 2011, 12:25:53 am »
I agree with Andy about amazing Chinese food. I mean, I was walking through the Forbidden City in Beijing a few weeks ago and thought: this is not the most special thing about China for me. What I will always remember about China is the hundreds of amazing dishes and restaurants I've tried, and drinking baiju around a big table with friends, family, and colleagues.
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Joeyhf
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January 14, 2011, 05:34:23 am »
Hefei have a lot of good restaurant.In Mingzhu area (Near by Lotus Supermarket) is Seina River restaurant that I have dinner there almost every evening or if you need something different try Brasilian BBQ in Sofitel.
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Andy72
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January 14, 2011, 07:47:15 am »
mingzhu is also my area...
and what it's caleld brasilian bbq here in hefei is more a chinese version of the real one!!
still love it though.. but meat-wise shanghai brasilian bbq was better!!!
i'll give a try to this seina restaurant.. thx Joeyhf!
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Aussie Mike
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Re: Things not to do
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February 21, 2011, 01:58:12 pm »
Strangers trying to force you to drink with gambei every 30 secs.
I don't even know them.
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rae
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February 22, 2011, 01:17:07 pm »
;Dany way, u dont like a lot of things, we dont like a lot of things. there r nasty things that ppl from all the nations do, some r in the the same way, some r shown in a different way. so whats the real point of digging the other potential side of being human beings?
Ah haha how about talking something we like or like to do? i like foreigners because at least some of them really know whats a real beauty, and some of them really knows how to appreciate and encourage ppl.
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Edward Ye
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March 29, 2012, 08:40:57 am »
U got a lots of humor.........
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Andy72
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April 02, 2012, 08:20:30 am »
btw,
once on a train a girl asked me:
ARE YOU A FOREIGNER?
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that was amazing!!!!
i said: no i'm a chinese in camouflage...
but as i said many times, chinese don't know irony/sarcasm!!!
maybe.,. this is something to say to break the ice.......
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letu
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June 13, 2012, 05:58:49 am »
Very funny
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zang2er
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June 13, 2012, 02:22:06 pm »
dont be mad . i am a chinese girl , i always get questions from guys like : what's your job? where you live? do you have bf ? how much you can earn per month . do you have apatrment ?
you should get use to it . when i met guy like this , i just left
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