Comments on: Travel In China http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/06/travel-in-china.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:28:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jEFF http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/06/travel-in-china.html/comment-page-1#comment-292 jEFF Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:00:00 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=223#comment-292 Imagine the scene in Empire Strikes Back where Yoda hears that Luke isn't afraid... <br/><br/>When I hear students say we don't do this in China I imagined Meg saying, "You will be, *you* will be". Fade to next scene... Imagine the scene in Empire Strikes Back where Yoda hears that Luke isn’t afraid…

When I hear students say we don’t do this in China I imagined Meg saying, “You will be, *you* will be”. Fade to next scene…

]]> By: Jay Adan http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/06/travel-in-china.html/comment-page-1#comment-284 Jay Adan Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:49:00 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=223#comment-284 Bah! If it's good enough for the US of A, it's good enough for them! Bah! If it’s good enough for the US of A, it’s good enough for them!

]]> By: Anonymous http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/06/travel-in-china.html/comment-page-1#comment-277 Anonymous Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:53:00 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=223#comment-277 <i>an insistance that "z" is pronounced "Zed"</i><br/><br/>They are right to insist on this! While "zee" is the American (and thus, your) pronunciation, in every other English-speaking country (Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, etc.) it is pronounced "zed".<br/><br/>Since your students almost certainly did not learn American English, but "International" (i.e., British) English, they are, in fact, correct. an insistance that “z” is pronounced “Zed”

They are right to insist on this! While “zee” is the American (and thus, your) pronunciation, in every other English-speaking country (Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, etc.) it is pronounced “zed”.

Since your students almost certainly did not learn American English, but “International” (i.e., British) English, they are, in fact, correct.

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