Funny things your wife/girlfriend says !

[Bee964]

Most Chinese make a lot of funny sounding pronounciations for a lot of words containing strong "R".

That reminds me of a part in the Monty Python movie The Life of Brian. I will have to get my girlfriend to watch that with me sometime.

Dave C

[Jason B]

Most Chinese make a lot of funny sounding pronounciations for a lot of words containing strong "R".

Reminds me of the blokes that did South Park and that Team America or what ever it was called movie.......where the North Korean president bloke says Herro were everything with an L is said with an R and the Simpsons had an episode where they went to Japan to TOYS L US......well I thought it was funny.

[shaun]

The last time I went to China Peggy kept on bring used duck home for dinner.   It always concerned me.  I would ask her, "how was it used?"  Of course she didn't understand.  I asked the men on this site what they though she was saying.  Finally I came to the conclusion that she was saying Roast Duck.  After all that was what it looked like when she brought it home.

Well I was wrong.  We were talking about duck last night and I typed in Peiking Duck and translated it into Chinese and sent it to her.  She came back and said she liked used duck too.  Ah ha!!!!   Two years later and now I understand.   

[Willy The Londoner]

The last time I went to China Peggy kept on bring used duck home for dinner.   It always concerned me.  I would ask her, "how was it used?"  Of course she didn't understand.  I asked the men on this site what they though she was saying.  Finally I came to the conclusion that she was saying Roast Duck.  After all that was what it looked like when she brought it home.

Well I was wrong.  We were talking about duck last night and I typed in Peiking Duck and translated it into Chinese and sent it to her.  She came back and said she liked used duck too.  Ah ha!!!!   Two years later and now I understand.   

Better Late than never. Ha ha.  You will both be fluent in another 125 years.

Willy

[JamesM.Roberts]

Ping sometimes (ok all the time) gets her 4's and 5's mixed up....alright I know it's not really funny, especially when you're being chased down the street by a outraged vendor in Nanning, that you just shorted out of 10 Yuan

[Pineau]

There is another thread hers called chinglish or something like that.

[shaun]

James Peggy has the same problem.  She also has a problem with hundreds and thousands.  But that is OK.  That is my strength for her.

[David E]

In a similar vein....

Ming has a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, but she doesn't know how to wire a plug....dammit, one more disappointment 

Making a fantastic Hot-Pot is one thing...but wiring a plug...I would be really in hog heaven if she could 

[Martin]

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering...now that is really funny!

And used duck...could be "recycled"?  hahaha

[shaun]

Just wait until I tell her about duck tape. 

[David E]

Yes, Im was really puzzled when she got her Degree translated into English (she needed a copy for the Course she is enrolling in)...when I saw "Electrical Engineering" I had to hang on real hard to stop myself

 bursting into insane laughter and giving her a big loss of face !!!

I am sure that what Ming knows about Electrical Engineering could be written on a grain of rice and still leave room for the Lord's Prayer !!!!

But there it is...I cannot say that she got this degree by fraud, because I know she attended University for 3 years.............maybe they get a degree for just turning up on a regular basis ??

Of course, now they know about it our local Centrelink (Govt Dept that handles job seekers and Employers) is besieging here with Interview offers because there is a huge shortage of Engineers at this time.

If there are any jobs going for Electrical Engineers who can make a mean hot-pot...she probably will do Ok.......

Lovely Lady she IS...Electrical Engineer...she aint !!!!!!!!

[Arnold]

Thats like my Sweety, has a Degree in Industrial Metalogy. Have no idea what she'd do with that, but this is what the Chinese Gov. thought she'd be best at.
Sha also a  Major in Language (Japanese) and to bad .. all the darn Sushi places here are Korean run. So no place to use it.. except on me in case she get's mad with me.

[Willy The Londoner]

Sha also a  Major in Language (Japanese) and to bad .. all the darn Sushi places here are Korean run. So no place to use it.. except on me in case she get's mad with me.

That reminds me of my visit to Scottish Robbies.  We went to a Chinese eat all you want place. The only Chinese person was the one behind the desk taking the money. The waitress looked to be all Eastern Europeans.  Never seen so much blonde hair in a Chinese restaurant before.

Willy