On Mandarin
created 2005-01-13 12:49:29
Notes from a Chinese language.
Interesting things to find out:
- There is no set word for either "brother" or "sister", in general -an age must be specified, i.e. "older/younger brother/sister". There are some workarounds but e'en so... (|!LanguageHacks|)
- The "Happy" in "Happy Christmas" is a short-lived happiness, for the event only and no longer.
- "Man" is pronounced the same as "difficult", either because men do the difficult stuff, or because men are difficult. ;)