Posts Tagged ‘ Language ’

Is “Character Amnesia” a Problem?

July 23, 2010
By C. Custer
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I take issue with Victor Mair's assertion that Chinese people forgetting how to hand-write the occasional character and having to check how to write it via their phones is "a big problem".
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Is Chinglish Worth Saving?

September 5, 2009
By C. Custer

The People’s Daily, of all places, has an interesting article about Chinglish. OK, the article isn’t really that interesting but the premise is; essentially they’re reporting that contingent of Chinese and foreigners oppose the correction of Chinglish signs on the grounds that Chinglish is more interesting that regular English and is a sort of...
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What the Hell Does "Crackdown" Mean?

February 5, 2009
By C. Custer

If you’re reading this post right now, chances are this isn’t the first thing you’ve read about China in English. And if this isn’t the first thing you’ve read about China in English, you’ve probably read about a Chinese government “crackdown” before. But what, exactly, does it mean when the Chinese government cracks down?...
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