I think we'll need to see a video of the wee Tea protesting so we can all be sure we're pronouncing bu yao correctly.
Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'
Xander ,'Selfless'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - Jan 29, 2012 9:14:43 am PST #6439 of 30001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
beth b - Jan 29, 2012 9:16:18 am PST #6440 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I second that , Laga.
Laga - Jan 29, 2012 9:23:05 am PST #6441 of 30001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Also that bomb proof site is Really Cool! /wave Hi Shir!
smonster - Jan 29, 2012 10:31:03 am PST #6442 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I was thinking that the accents indicated Bu in a rising tone and Yao in a decending tone, which is pretty perfect. But I am totally guessing on that.
billytea - Jan 29, 2012 10:37:36 am PST #6443 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I was thinking that the accents indicated Bu in a rising tone and Yao in a decending tone, which is pretty perfect. But I am totally guessing on that.
That is correct. They have roughly equal emphasis. Normally bu gets a descending tone too, but not before another character with a descending tone.
What fascinates me is that Chinese has no word for "No". ("Bu" is a negation, but pretty much always gets paired with a verb or adjective, so "not" rather than "no") and I'd never even realised this would be an issue, but of course it is: What do Chinese toddlers say? And now I have my answer. They say " DO NOT WANT".
Strix - Jan 29, 2012 11:24:20 am PST #6444 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I desperately want to dicker on merchandise with someone who speaks Chinese now, just so I can say that.
I am so easily made happy.
Hil R. - Jan 29, 2012 11:27:47 am PST #6445 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've been trying OK Cupid. Not much success so far. Sent out a bunch of messages, but almost no one has responded. And a few of the ones who have responded have said that they only want to date an atheist or agnostic.
Strix - Jan 29, 2012 11:30:52 am PST #6446 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Well, religion can be a biggie. Any dating site is hit or miss; I found Dan, slightly used but a FANTASTIC bargain, on OKC, but I'd tried that, Nerve and Match.com.
Couple of dates off of Nerve, couple off of OKC and nothing from Match, which makes sense, given my geek demographic.
Hil R. - Jan 29, 2012 11:34:07 am PST #6447 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm also kind of puzzled at how many people say that they won't date a vegetarian or vegan.
DavidS - Jan 29, 2012 11:39:12 am PST #6448 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm also kind of puzzled at how many people say that they won't date a vegetarian or vegan.
What's so puzzling? Lots of vegetarians and vegans won't allow meat cooked in their house. Aside from that it limits where you can go out to eat. (Especially vegans for breakfast.) It's more complicated to make meals with that person.
It's certainly not insurmountable (JZ is vegetarian/pescetarian - and I do all the cooking) but it does affect the life of the person who isn't vegetarian.
I'm not arguing for that point of view, I just don't think it's puzzling.