chinglish: September 2007 Archives
Turning Chi-a-nese oh yes I'm turning Chi-a-nese I really think so!
Isn't that how the song goes?
Regardless, I have been feeling a bit more assimilated lately. I have a few Chinese friends and am getting by a bit better with the language barrier. I think I might have progressed from feeling like a one year old when I communicate to feeling like a two year old...now I can be a terrible two again!
Yes, that is my tshirt drenched in sweat, and yes, those are my basketball shorts from grade 11!!!
May is a teacher at my school. Her English is excellent and she is a lot of fun. She took me to play badminton the other night. She is sooo good! I dont think I embarrassed myself too badly although it is nothing like squash and I was using all squash techniques. It helped a bit but it will probably be better in the long run for me to try to hit it like a birdie and not try to smoke it like squash ball. My butt is so sore today! I was doing a lot of diving and I think the only thing that kept me in the game at all was pure athletic ability and a slight amount of fitness. Although I could use a lot more of both if I ever want to keep up with May! We are going to try to play every monday and thursday night so maybe by my year stint I will get a point or two off her.
These goofs were smoking while they played badminton beside us... very Chinese.
And look! The best friggin Chenglish I have ever seen!
One of my favorite things to do while I am meandering around the streets is to look for hilarious English on signs and clothing. Like the 80 year old 4 foot nothing lady with a beat up old rocker shirt that said "Crazy, Seyx, Cool." The best part of the Chenglish (hey, a Chinese guy called it that so it is not as derogatory as it sounds) is it is always spelled weird or mixed up. And the people wearing it never fit what it says. Most Chinese dont even know that the letter 'a' is 'a' and is pronounced 'Ah'. It is as foreign to them as a Chinese street sign is to me. Which makes it all the funnier. Here is a sign I saw last week. Is it just me, or does this make no sense????!!!
