Comments on: It’s made of mental

By: Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:27:00 +0000

Oh, and this has some explanation of the “fuck” phenomenon:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005195.html

By: Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:25:00 +0000

That's marvellous.

I'm entirely too amused by "Engrish" Web sites. And you've seen this lovely example from Beijing, yes?

By: The Bureauista

The Bureauista — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:32:00 +0000

Kel – I found out what a stance marker was today – I’m mortified it’s taken me this long.

Tim – I’m going to use ‘urror’ shamelessly from now on. My favourite Chinese one is the bizarre signage in certain supermarkets that loudly proclaims ‘fuck the certain price of goods’. I’ve seen several examples of this and have long wondered where the urror came from.

Johnny – I’ve never made any claims about British schools being superior to Chinese ones. You’ve chosen to read that into my commentary. If I had any faith in the British curriculum I’d be a teacher in Britain. As it is, I have some faith that the standard of education in China can be improved and is improving, so I choose to work mainly in that market.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:58:00 +0000

“…still being used primarily as a way of promulgating propaganda and outdated, factually innacurate nonsense.” Umm… different from British schools how?

By: Kel D

Kel D — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:36:00 +0000

Heh! I found out what collocation was today.
If I meet a Chinese person who says “mental” with a Scottish accent I will immediately come find you.

By: Tim Footman

Tim Footman — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:36:00 +0000

I've long been intrigued by all-pervading linguistic errors. For example, every Italian restaurant in Bangkok, without exception, offers a pizza with cappers on it. There must be an original cock-up, an ur-mistake (urror?) that explains this.