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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:55 AM Original message |
Don't Bother Learning Chinese, They're Going Nowhere |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. i don't make decisions on Henry Kissinger's say so |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Mandarin Chinese is alot easier to learn than English. There is only one tense, not dozens. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 04:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Mandarin Chinese is not at all easy to learn. I took it for a year in college. It's |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 06:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. A former Girlfriend of mine worked for the State department and was.. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. She's right. Your musical abilities will make you a natural at learning Mandarin. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. MMMM....I could probably do OK with it but then I'd have to get some practice and.. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Try Chinese resturants........... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. If you've got perfect pitch, you won't have any trouble |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I have a different POV. Chinese is a tonal language so one has to be able to "sing" the language. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. tones really don't matter all that much |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Perfect Pitch |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. speaking is one thing, reading and writing is entirely different |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. I have two kids taking it. My older one LOVES it, but then again he loved Latin too |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. This from the architect of 'trianguler' diplomacy who advised Nixon to suck Mao's dick |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The Chinese reached out so that they could obtain technology to synthesize fertilzer from methane |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. I'm waiting for Kissinger to learn to pronounce English before I take his language tips seriously... |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. No Chinese Equivalent |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Kissinger should be locked up in a war crimes prison |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. But instead he gets to sit beside Obama |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. "It's astounding how confident they are that a real estate bubble won't burst." |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Letting a rising wealthy class take a bath isn't an unheard of. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. The only thing Kissinger knows about Asians is how to kill them |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm learning Chinese right now |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Soft Power |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm really not seeing the big problem with these ghost cities. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "Every move, a right one!" |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. War criminal Kissinger... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Personally, I'm betting on India. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. +1 |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Have you been to India? It's a capitalist free-for-all that's ripe for unionizing/commie chaos... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Beat me to it. More of India's population is educated too. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. India is already exporting their culture and it's catching on. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I agree. Their command and facility with English, and a greater percentage of educated populace |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I'm trying to learn Hindi and it's hard, but not nearly as bad as Mandarin, though. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Which is why I want to stop doing India's dirty work in Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Me too. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. American Dominance???? In what? Building a war machine? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. the Sociopath hasn't died yet? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Which Kook believes that HK says in public. His business is diplomacy. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And "bubbles bursting" is a capitalist economy thing that is irrelevant to a Communist Planned Econ |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'd rather learn Spanish and Hindi. |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. 1.3 Billion Chinese learned it with near 100% literacy. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh sure, THAT is somebody to trust for advice. Henry Kissinger. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. I heard the CBC breathlessly repeat Kissinger's words |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. Once you get the hang of the tones |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Amy Chua's "Day of Empire" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. But a lot of people have been absorbed by the Chinese in the past: |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. No "Chinese Century" |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. Henry's voice got like that from gargling human blood |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
48. I took Mandarin for 5 years and it was among the most rewarding experiences of my life. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Lost in Translation |
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