Comments on: Jizhen luvs Jie 4eva http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed disoriented in the orient Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kevin http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 Kevin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:38:36 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1071 phonetic spelling aside, i met a rival writer in dublin who begrudged roddy doyle his fame because he borrowed all of his colorful language from the students he used to teach. they were the creative ones, not roddy. phonetic spelling aside, i met a rival writer in dublin who begrudged roddy doyle his fame because he borrowed all of his colorful language from the students he used to teach. they were the creative ones, not roddy.

]]> By: vanity http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 vanity Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:22:35 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1070 I believe there is actually a character for "sóng", which consists of 尸 on the top and 从 on the bottom. But I couldn't find it in any Chinese language input software I'm using, and I don't know if it even exists in the computer world. I believe there is actually a character for “sóng”, which consists of 尸 on the top and 从 on the bottom. But I couldn’t find it in any Chinese language input software I’m using, and I don’t know if it even exists in the computer world.

]]> By: schtickyrice http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 schtickyrice Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:25:52 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1069 雞貞(chicken chastity/virginity) can't possibly be the real name of any girl, even a cantonese one. Considering that 雞 can also refer to a female prostitute, 雞貞surely must be a vulgarization or an ironic take on conventional morality. You guys are all reading too much into this. 雞貞(chicken chastity/virginity) can’t possibly be the real name of any girl, even a cantonese one. Considering that 雞 can also refer to a female prostitute, 雞貞surely must be a vulgarization or an ironic take on conventional morality. You guys are all reading too much into this.

]]> By: Shanghai express :: Petición de ayuda :: September :: 2006 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Shanghai express :: Petición de ayuda :: September :: 2006 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:04:07 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1068 [...] Leo aquí y aquí que la literatura china (rectifico, la literatura china escrita en chino mandarín, al parecer el cantonés permite más flexibilidad) tiene muchas dificultades para reproducir el habla coloquial o por lo menos tiene más dificultades que las literaturas que se basan en un sistema de escritura alfabetizado. [...] [...] Leo aquí y aquí que la literatura china (rectifico, la literatura china escrita en chino mandarín, al parecer el cantonés permite más flexibilidad) tiene muchas dificultades para reproducir el habla coloquial o por lo menos tiene más dificultades que las literaturas que se basan en un sistema de escritura alfabetizado. [...]

]]> By: eswn http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 eswn Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:29:48 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1067 well, it is unfortunate that i have no formal training in cantonese -- i only know how to use it (like someone just injected it inside my head). to me, it is really a question of intonation (?). that is, you can say 我相信我地聖心既學生係吾會係公眾場合講粗 without the 口架 at the end and somehow it sounds flat (that is, the intonation goes downwards). Adding the 口架 at the end with a stress mkaes the intonation go upwards and therefore more emphatic. well, it is unfortunate that i have no formal training in cantonese — i only know how to use it (like someone just injected it inside my head). to me, it is really a question of intonation (?). that is, you can say 我相信我地聖心既學生係吾會係公眾場合講粗 without the 口架 at the end and somehow it sounds flat (that is, the intonation goes downwards). Adding the 口架 at the end with a stress mkaes the intonation go upwards and therefore more emphatic.

]]> By: Brendan O'Kane http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Brendan O'Kane Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:42:12 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1066 Aha -- interesting. So 口架 (I don't have access to my beloved <a href="http://www.wenlin.com" rel="nofollow">Wenlin</a>, which would have the character for me) is used to indicate an assertion? Aha — interesting. So 口架 (I don’t have access to my beloved Wenlin, which would have the character for me) is used to indicate an assertion?

]]> By: eswn http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 eswn Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:39:58 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1065 I think the word is not 咖. Instead, it is a it consists of 口架 (that is, it is a composite word with 口 on the left and 架 on the right, but unfortunately I don't have a Cantonese wordprocessor right now, which would have used a tiny gif file so that it can be displayed on other systems). P.S. You should google "口架" for fun. Example: 我相信我地聖心既學生係吾會係公眾場合講粗口架 Translation: I believe that students from our Sacred Heart School would not use foul language in public places with the 口架 at the end for emphasis. I think the word is not 咖. Instead, it is a it consists of 口架 (that is, it is a composite word with 口 on the left and 架 on the right, but unfortunately I don’t have a Cantonese wordprocessor right now, which would have used a tiny gif file so that it can be displayed on other systems).

P.S. You should google “口架” for fun.
Example: 我相信我地聖心既學生係吾會係公眾場合講粗口架 Translation: I believe that students from our Sacred Heart School would not use foul language in public places with the 口架 at the end for emphasis.

]]> By: Brendan O'Kane http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Brendan O'Kane Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:57:29 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1064 Ah, OK. Didn't know that 咖 was an exclamatory particle, but then again I don't really know Cantonese at all. Ah, OK. Didn’t know that 咖 was an exclamatory particle, but then again I don’t really know Cantonese at all.

]]> By: Absurdfool http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Absurdfool Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:39:46 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1063 i think "家" is a misspell of "咖" in cantonese cantonese use to put exclamation in the end of the sentence to emphasize their meaning like: 你唔知"呀"? dont you know? 我唔知"啊" I dont know. to emphasize, one would said: 你唔知"咩"? dont you know? the counterpart would answer in a more definite way: 我[真系]唔知"啊"! i "really" dont know! i think “家” is a misspell of “咖” in cantonese
cantonese use to put exclamation in the end of the sentence to emphasize their meaning
like:
你唔知”呀”?
dont you know?
我唔知”啊”
I dont know.
to emphasize, one would said:
你唔知”咩”?
dont you know?
the counterpart would answer in a more definite way:
我[真系]唔知”啊”!
i “really” dont know!

]]> By: Brendan O'Kane http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Brendan O'Kane Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:30:38 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/09/03/jizhen-luvs-jie-4eva/#comment-1062 Nah, you're totally right. At the time, I was thinking that "really" doesn't get used as much in English as 真是 in Mandarin, but I guess I could've glossed it as "truly loves you." Still, that seems (to me, at least) a little bit flowery in the context of 賤貨. What's your take on 葛/'ge'? Nah, you’re totally right. At the time, I was thinking that “really” doesn’t get used as much in English as 真是 in Mandarin, but I guess I could’ve glossed it as “truly loves you.” Still, that seems (to me, at least) a little bit flowery in the context of 賤貨.

What’s your take on 葛/’ge’?

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