Comments on: Hanzismatter http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/01/26/hanzismatter/ Learning on Your Terms Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kevin http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/01/26/hanzismatter/#comment-10092 Kevin Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:59:40 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/01/26/hanzismatter/#comment-10092 My dictionary translates the characters "bu gan dang" as "you flatter me". Is bu gan dang used differently in Shanghai, I wonder? The same basic problem exists in China too - just not permanently etched on people's bodies - with many hilarious examples of English on people's clothes. One of my favorites is a shirt I saw a shy girl wearing that exclaimed, "I eat your skin!" My dictionary translates the characters “bu gan dang” as “you flatter me”. Is bu gan dang used differently in Shanghai, I wonder?

The same basic problem exists in China too - just not permanently etched on people’s bodies - with many hilarious examples of English on people’s clothes. One of my favorites is a shirt I saw a shy girl wearing that exclaimed, “I eat your skin!”

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