Saturday, February 18, 2012

When a Westerner compliments my Chinese ...

... this is sometimes what I think:


5 comments:

  1. yup, that would be me complimenting your writing skills. Excellent job Greg, keep up the good work *****

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  2. Haha, thanks! Similarly, let me know if I can give you advice on being a mum :-)

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  3. Shhhh! Don't put ideas like that in people's heads! They'll start questioning my claimed language skills! Even more than they already do!

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  4. Don't worry Steven. As long as you have good excuses, you can hold onto the illusion even longer! Things like ...
    - No I didn't understand. But oh that person has a very unusual accent. Even Chinese people struggle to understand those who come from XYZ.
    - Chinese writing in menus is very ideomatic - so it's impossible for non-native people to read a menu.
    :-)

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  5. haha...very true..love these comics..

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