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Language Barrier
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:00 pm
by Randy Beschorner
Re: Language Barrier
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:30 pm
by Chuck(G)
Buy it for a pound and pay 128 for shipping?
Ah, but it's a China antique music tool....
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:36 am
by dtemp
1. Moneygram
2. Money order/cashier check
3. West union money transfer
4. Bank Wire transfer you could use this way to payment (If you choose Bank Wire transfer)
5. Bidpay.com
6. Cash(by airmail)
Now that's just stupid. Yet funny.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:24 pm
by Joe Baker
I don't think anyone's doing anything but observing how silly the idioms of one culture sound when literally translated. People in other countries probably do the same thing when looking at translations of English into their languages. But you want two Chinese sentences? Okay:
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:31 pm
by Joe Baker
Could you explain what anything said here denies someone "social justice"? To whom, precisely, was it denied?
When answering that question, consider this story and tell me if I was denied social justice:
When I was a teenager, I was learning sign language. A very nice deaf gentleman at our church was teaching the class. One day I was telling him that I brought a friend "with" me -- but I did the "with" sign... not quite right. I inadvertently used a crude sign language word for "had intercourse" (no, not the one-fingered version...I knew THAT one...). The deaf gentleman's eyes opened wide and his jaw dropped... then he figured out what I meant and laughed so hard he couldn't breathe. Once he got his composure back, he explained to me what I had accidentally said. So tell me: social injustice, or funny faux pas?
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Joe Baker, who hopes he never loses the ability to laugh at things when they're funny.