Bu hao, etc.? Okay, let us in on the joke - my Chinese is even more limited
than my Japanese. (Which is essentially nonexistent, aside from some
martial & historical terminology.)
On the other hand - as a clever segue into my quick note to James Wilson -
my English is pretty good. And as the son and grandson of elementary school
teachers, I feel obliged - compelled, even - to add another condemnation of
the kind of spelling and sentence structure you've been exhibiting. I
thought it was stupid before I found out your chosen occupation (assuming
you were serious about that). Now I think it's plain criminal. Do you mind
telling us where you're working on your credential, so we can send them
copies of your correspondence to be used as evidence against you? This is
serious abuse of your native tongue, sir. No joke. It's hard not to see it
as an insult to your intended profession. And, likewise, it's hard not to
see it as an insult to any literate people you happen to be addressing...
and there's a certain number of us out here.
Gereg
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:36:05 -0600
From: Anthony Bryant <
ajbryant@...>
Subject: Re: Samurai wannabees and influences Re: new subject
Nate Ledbetter wrote:
> God, the
> look on their faces is priceless when you tell them
> "Bu hao, wo bu xiang ni" :)
*snip*
> I'm not
> a teacher. And might I suggest, if you're on your way
> to being a teacher, you start practicing punctuation,
> capitalization, and spelling. The students are
> supposed to learn from you, not the other way around.
Hear, bloody freakin' hear.
Tony
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