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05/05/2006 07:38:06
 
 
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Forum:
Politics
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Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01118955
Message ID:
01119535
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20
>...
>>>LOL.
>>>Now I see what the title of the thread is about.
>>>Asians have hard time with the English "L"s.
>>>Is this racist? :)
>>
>>A lot of people where I work are Chinese, and listening to them is a hoot. They speak Chinese to each other, but you hear a lot of English words and phrases in the mix. One Chinese woman with whom I worked fairly closely, calls it "Chinglish".
>
>I've posted this before but once in a Chinese "Chippie" (Fish & Chip shop) I was asked
>
>"You wan' sore finger on your chi'?"
>
>Of course it was "You want salt and vinegear on your chips?" (remember that chips over here are what Americans call "fries" (although they're different animals entirely).

Strangely enough, we call them 'chips' when it's "fish & chips", but 'fries' almost everywhere else.
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