Friday, February 06, 2004

I clicked on a banner ad that promised Basic Mandarin in 3 Hours. 'Cause hey, I could have saved myself a lot of time if I'd been able to learn basic Mandarin in 3 hours, as opposed to a year in China. They give seven examples of how they will teach you Mandarin so quickly:

The Mandarin Chinese for MEAT is SOW
Imagine you show everyone a lump of meat.

The Mandarin Chinese for TEA is Y'A
Imagine you pour tea into a backyard.

SOW? Y'A? Are we talking about the same Mandarin?

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