Tag Archives: Meg Vs. Mandarin

Vocabulary Building

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Meg

“Look, Stick, I got spam in Chinese! It says:  I…. good…. mine…. you… not or no… please… compare or comparison… net… not have… you… Um, that’s all I can read.” “You clearly need to learn the Chinese for ‘Nigerian royalty’ … Continue reading →

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Liu Gong Island

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Meg

I have no idea how I went from running to the mailbox each afternoon in hope and expectation, to utterly forgetting to mention this, but… I have a travel piece in the March-April issue of Adventures For The Average Woman. … Continue reading →

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Southern Mandarin

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Meg

Raleigh graffiti artist Wang tags a downtown street.

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Mandarin Superpowers And More On China

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Meg

Luke Gedeon is collecting China-related articles over on his blog. I’m really pleased to be part of this project, my contribution is a piece on my Mandarin superpowers.  Luke is well-connected among thoughtful bridge bloggers so it promises to be … Continue reading →

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Elevator Confession

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Meg

Every time I go to Chinese school, I take the elevator to my classroom, just to use my elevator Chinese phrases. I can’t figure out if I do it to keep up my elementary Chinese, or just to watch the … Continue reading →

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Everyday Expressions

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Meg

When I first went to Yantai, I imagined I’d come home and slip effortlessly into fluent Mandarin to quote ancient Chinese wisdom. Fortunately for people who have to put up with me, that didn’t happen. A few characters have somehow … Continue reading →

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Stick Plans For The Future

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Meg

“When I was looking at job boards,” Stick told me last night, “I found a perfect job for Evil Incarnate.” Evil Incarnate is an ex-boyfriend, the one who bears striking resemblance to my love-hate struggles with Mandarin. I suppose the … Continue reading →

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Success!

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Meg

Success!

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Second Language Benchmarks

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Meg

I just had a whole telephone conversation in Chinese!!! (If a new bottle of water gets delivered to our house today, I must have done it right.) Edit: Stick realized that I would want photo evidence of me talking the … Continue reading →

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Meg vs. Mandarin, again.

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Meg

Yesterday I started taking a beginning Chinese class. I’d forgotten how much better I liked my life without anyone saying “no, no, is zh not zh“. At least the prof doesn’t giggle when she says it. She has the same … Continue reading →

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