Dziekanski Trial

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"] [/div] I thought of you actually, while I was posting this.  How do you manage ?

lastly I always have a crisp $ US 100 bill on me.  in many countries $100 buys a lot of friendship. I've only needed to use that a time or two ...

 

[P.C.]

Ahh yes.  Money talks.  

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]Ahh yes.  Money talks.   [/div]
many dialects many languages ...
 

[P.C.]

So you manage without a single word.  That's amazing.

  I would work on learning the word NO.  It sounds like it could be dangerous to not know it.

[Michel]

   

[P.C.]

Well at least learn how to say...I need help please.  

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]So you manage without a single word.  That's amazing.[/div] [div style="font-style: italic;"] [/div] I would work on learning the word NO.  It sounds like it could be dangerous to not know it.

I've been to countries - and wasn't sure what language they spoke.

 

[Michel]

     

[Michel]

         

[van_guy]

  Michel wrote:
Ah the yes means no and no means yes is present in China too? I saw that in Yougoslavia. Which area of China? I'll probably be there pretty soon and I just don't have the time nor patience even to learn basic mandarin before.  

southern - near hong kong.
the story i tell people is when i was working near shanghai. my translator grew up say 500km away and my driver was from a city 100km away.  The local dialect was such that my driver understood 50% and my driver 75% (100km from home) so someone like me who has a HUGE accent and understands very little - when spoken slowly - clearly - will understand ohhhhh 0.0000000001% of what they are saying.
 

[Michel]

       

[van_guy]

  Michel wrote:
dui and bu dui (correct and not correct) are the most resembling expression in mandarin for yes and no since they do not exist in that language. wouhou ! p 33 of my secret weapon.

Shit, I learned something, how I hate myself. [img style="font-style: italic;" src="/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif[/img]  

bu dui bijou - no to bijou - hard liquor - it is DISGUSTING - i mean worse than fermented distilled camels milk DISGUSTING.

dui pijou - the beer is pretty good.  I even had a green beer - made out of some kind of veggie.