http://www.embracingchaos.com/2006/11/the_best_foreig.html Leo Parker Dirac on Business and Technology Trends Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:01:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.embracingchaos.com/2006/11/the_best_foreig.html/comment-page-1#comment-416 leodirac Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:37:22 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2006/11/the_best_foreig.html#comment-416 <p>I'll of course come visit my friends in Xiamen! But you'll have to explain that slip-up to me -- it could come in handy! ;)</p> I'll of course come visit my friends in Xiamen! But you'll have to explain that slip-up to me — it could come in handy! ;)

]]> http://www.embracingchaos.com/2006/11/the_best_foreig.html/comment-page-1#comment-415 melinazoe Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:40:47 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2006/11/the_best_foreig.html#comment-415 <p>If you plan on coming to Beijing, I hope you'll make it to Xiamen in advance to practice. After all, if you consider Mandarin to be one of your best languages, you don't want to ask a girl if you can "french kiss" her when you meant could you "ask her a question" ;) </p> If you plan on coming to Beijing, I hope you'll make it to Xiamen in advance to practice. After all, if you consider Mandarin to be one of your best languages, you don't want to ask a girl if you can "french kiss" her when you meant could you "ask her a question" ;)

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