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If you’re familiar with the WuXia 神雕侠侣, then rejoice! Here are excerpts from two BBS posts that mock the recent TV recreation of the famous novel, where the post-authors have written some hilarious commentary with screencaps from the show:
“First, we thank CCTV for bringing us the latest historical/medieval (古装版) remake of Tarzan.”
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From the wonderful folks at PostShow:
Goto Google Translate.
Type in 百度 (= Baidu).
Select Chinese to English.
Translate.
Result: “Lower”.
Write a blog post. Have the computer speak for you. Blog becomes blog + podcast.
It is essentially a good idea, but the technology is not up to it.
Source: PostShow
From Toys365, a China production: 可儿娃娃, a Chinese Barbie-like doll:
Here’s the official Mattel one, circa 1994 (courtesy of Barbie Collector Showcase):
Hong Kong has won the bid to host the annual Chinese Wikipedia conference (see Wikipedia article).
Source: PostShow
51xxU! (numeric for 我要谢谢你！= I want to thank you!) is a Google-interfaced site for what is essentially public text-based greeting cards. You have a choice of sending your (registered-with-51xxU) friend a 感谢 Thank You, 祝福 Blessing, 道歉 Apology, 期望 Wish, and 建议 Suggestion.
FYI: 51xxU’s precedent is the popular use of SMS for holiday-greetings, especially during Chinese New Year when…
Continue readingCan you say public sphere?
Lyn pointed an article out to me on China Web 2.0 Review this morning that mentioned an English version of 豆瓣 Douban (think Flickr interface + books/movies social bookmarking; touted as a leader in China’s Web 2.0).
Douban English (beta) = http://www.douban.net
Douban Chinese (original) = http://www.douban.com
Content as well as…
Continue readingSeparate Social Spheres
For those of us who read Chinese:
Postshow has an interesting post about 东北人 (the Northeasterners) use of the “嗷嗷” exclaimations as an all-purpose intensifier. For example, “比如postshow很酷，我就会说”postshow嗷嗷酷！” and “嗷嗷漂亮”就是漂亮得没法形容.”
