干,还是FUCK?

“干”在中文里是多音、多义字,可以念着一声和四声,但是意思却完全不一样。念一声的时候,表示干燥,与“湿”相对应。念着四声的时候,则可以组词为干活、干劲等,还有一个意思跟汉语的另外一个国骂“操”相同。

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天津狗不理包子洋名叫Go Believe?

据报载,天津某报前不久发起了一场为天津25家知名饭店征洋名的活动,读者参加踊跃,征得洋名数百个(大约是300多)。而其中名列榜首的当然是驰名中外的“狗不理”,其独占了大约1/3的洋名,而专家们认为由李先生取的“go believe”最有创意。

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什么是中式英语/Chinglish?

著名的维基百科(Wikipedia)上关于CHINGLISH的词条是这么叙述的: Chinglish (slang) is a portmanteau of the words Chinese and English and refers to either (a) English interspersed with Chinese language errors common to those Chinese persons who are learning English or (b) Chinese interspersed with English, such as used by westernized Chinese (e.g. American-born Chinese) who are not fluent in Chinese and codeswitch…

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