April 19, 2006
Chinglish
Just so you have an idea of the type of English I have to correct in the course of my work:
At the Cambridge School, for the first time in my life, I enjoyed the companionship of seeing and hearing girls of my own.
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Li Gong prognoses to me.
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You must have a confidence with English.
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I used to make noises, keeping one hand on my throat while the other hand felt the movement of my lips.
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So this sad experience may have done me some good and set me thinking on some of the problems of composition.
I'm given these sentences by Chinese teachers in China who teach English. If this is the sort of thing they're teaching their students, they're really screwing with their students' English.
Posted by DSD at April 19, 2006 4:44 PM
hahahaha!!! the keep the hand on throat one is really funny.
That was just bizarre man. When I first read it, I was like "huh?????"
All the sentences were just given to me as I present it. No context whatsoever given. Still, context or no context, they're still weird. Pity me.
you could also add that they are screwing thier student's minds too! =CP
Ewwww! So Japan dun have the monopoly on "Engrish"!
It's fun to try interpreting what they mean. Remember how we had two versions for the first sentence, DSD? The speaker couldn't see and hear girls without a chaperone; or he's now - for the very first time - got a personal harem of seeing and hearing girls!
Hey, I find Chinglish quite amusing at times. It's the same with my Cantonese - I get laughed at when saying words improperly.
BTW, beat this:
Loom Sirfesee