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I'm in Toronto which isn't Vancouver when it comes to Chinese new money but Chinese with fancy cars seem far more likely to get towed and impounded for illegal parking which warms the cockles of my heart
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THE PWNER posted:Thanks to China, Melbourne is also becoming like Guangzhou. They are exporting the high rises. do you read your morning papers over yum cha for breakfast??
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fish and chips and dip posted:Questions to the goons living in cities with a large population of new mainlanders, like Vancouver or Melbourne or similar. How common is car theft where the victims are Chinese? I ask because I lived in Eastern Europe at the height of the car-theft craze in the mid 90's and here in China I see people being very naive with their cars, even the expensive ones, i.e. sitting outside letting it run, showing off keys etc etc, rich pickings for enterprising thieves. I don't know about cars, but Chinese and other international students were often mugged in the street, because they usually carried laptops and were perceived to be soft targets too. Also the way Chinese people carry around large amounts of cash freaks me out sometime.
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Oct 17, 2016 05:48
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I don't know about cars, but Chinese and other international students were often mugged in the street, because they usually carried laptops and were perceived to be soft targets too. Also the way Chinese people carry around large amounts of cash freaks me out sometime. Yes, I know about the muggings and also pickpockets, so I was curious if it extended to cars as well.
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Oct 17, 2016 05:50
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UltraRed posted:Care to explain? I ever shitpost!
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Oct 17, 2016 06:01
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Haier posted:I'm the Chinese person getting angry that my antiquated usage of the word "ever" is not easily understood by modern English speakers. Also it runs counter to my policy of expending physical energy getting riled up when China happens.  Technically it's grammatically correct anyway, just archaic and clunky. Oh well, many a mickle makes a muckle I guess!
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Oct 17, 2016 06:08
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"I ever tell you about..." is pretty common though.
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Oct 17, 2016 06:14
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I've never heard "ever" used in that way, I'm still not even sure what the sentence means.
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Oct 17, 2016 06:19
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"Did I ever tell you about... " "Have I ever told you about..." The first word is dropped when it's spoken colloquially. Haven't you guys ever played never have I ever?
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Oct 17, 2016 06:20
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Tupperwarez posted:Haha, this started up at the office during my last year in China. "I ever told you about the test report," and such. I felt like I should have sent a link to how "ever" is currently used, but that would make me That Guy, a person I try my best to avoid being. Unless I just shifted into a parallel universe "I ever tell you about" is normal and common to say here in America.
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Oct 17, 2016 06:37
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Nanomashoes posted:Unless I just shifted into a parallel universe "I ever tell you about" is normal and common to say here in America. "Did I ever tell you about" is fine but if you meet someone that says "I ever tell you about" you're probably at a Nascar rally.
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Sheep-Goats posted:"Did I ever tell you about" is fine but if you meet someone that says "I ever tell you about" you're probably at a Nascar rally. No, not really.
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Oct 17, 2016 06:52
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Sheep-Goats posted:"Did I ever tell you about" is fine but if you meet someone that says "I ever tell you about" you're probably at a Nascar rally. "I ever tell you about the time I got my cousin pregnant?"
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Oct 17, 2016 06:54
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Haier posted:This explains it perfectly. They very often mix it up with "never" and "even" on top if it. You'll hear "He was sick, he ever went to the hospital," and then you have to clarify if they meant another word. You get conversations like "I ever ate pizza," and then you ask them if they meant "never" or if they did eat pizza before and they keep say "ever" and then you give up. Many times they do mean "never," but don't realize that "ever" is not a contracted form of the word. Other times it's a complete unknown. Maybe you're just terrible at explaining poo poo. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Oct 17, 2016 07:04
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i ever tell you about the time i got stuck in a kung fu camp with a bunch of eastern europeans
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This explains it perfectly. They very often mix it up with "never" and "even" on top if it. You'll hear "He was sick, he ever went to the hospital," and then you have to clarify if they meant another word. You get conversations like "I ever ate pizza," and then you ask them if they meant "never" or if they did eat pizza before and they keep say "ever" and then you give up. Many times they do mean "never," but don't realize that "ever" is not a contracted form of the word. Other times it's a complete unknown. [/quote] Funny I often created many lose of face. Girl: " haha I always hardly working" Me: "um that means the opisite of what you think it means" Girls supperior: "yeah you used that wrong" *later* Girl: "You fucker why you say that infront of him!!"
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Nanomashoes posted:Unless I just shifted into a parallel universe "I ever tell you about" is normal and common to say here in America. It's kinda important to clarify whether you mean in a question, like the way it's actually used, or in a statement, like the way that doesn't make any sense.
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Got it all figured out.
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Jonny 290 posted:shiiiiit, i knew a guy that got his CCIE and his wife promptly found him a job in the small louisiana town her parents were in. he went along with it too. looks like he's already used to bad decisions
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Oct 17, 2016 10:35
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Sheep-Goats posted:"Did I ever tell you about" is fine but if you meet someone that says "I ever tell you about" you're probably at a Nascar rally. Relax, have a hot dog.
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Oct 17, 2016 10:55
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nerdz posted:looks like he's already used to bad decisions Perhaps he's like the guy in the "Unambitious Loser" Onion article
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His Divine Shadow posted:Relax, have a hot dog. I had family from Indiana. They all said what sounded like "Diver tell you 'bout".
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Grand Prize Winner posted:I had family from Indiana. They all said what sounded like "Diver tell you 'bout". English is not my first language but I will look for opportunities to use phrases such as these.
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Haier posted:You'll hear "He was sick, he ever went to the hospital," and then you have to clarify if they meant another word. You get conversations like "I ever ate pizza," and then you ask them if they meant "never" or if they did eat pizza before and they keep say "ever" and then you give up. These are good examples of the weird ever use.
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Booty Pageant posted:i ever tell you about the time i got stuck in a kung fu camp with a bunch of eastern europeans How hung over were you from drinking woodglue and/or paint thinner?
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His Divine Shadow posted:English is not my first language but I will look for opportunities to use phrases such as these. Jus be carrful, friend. We don't take kindly to outsahders 'round these parts. Aw heck, last yuhr we got together an' whupped ol' Ned Hartford 'cuz he was borned in the next town over. (Your America may vary, please respect our culture)
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Sheep-Goats posted:"Did I ever tell you about" is fine but if you meet someone that says "I ever tell you about" you're probably at a Nascar rally. i live in missouri and sorry retard grammar is memetic and i have caught it like a virus i hope you dont get upset about the word aint or double negatives
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Oct 17, 2016 13:58
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I don't know about cars, but Chinese and other international students were often mugged in the street, because they usually carried laptops and were perceived to be soft targets too. Also the way Chinese people carry around large amounts of cash freaks me out sometime. Okay. Guess I'll be visiting Vancouver this winter. Any Canada goons know where I can buy a cheap paring knife or something?
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nerdz posted:looks like he's already used to bad decisions nice
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Oct 17, 2016 15:38
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nigga crab pollock posted:i live in missouri and sorry retard grammar is memetic and i have caught it like a virus Living in the south, you pretty much have to be a descriptivist if you want to live with yourself and the butchering you do to English on the reg.
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Baronjutter posted:Look at china getting things done. Why don't we build skyscapers anymore?? How can they develop so much faster than us?! Chinese century, we have so much to learn from them! my stepdad was telling me about how dumping poo poo in the desert because they don't have a sewage system was actually brilliant because the sun kills anything and the sand filters everything as it travels to the groundwater still think its dumb
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hemophilia posted:Living in the south, you pretty much have to be a descriptivist if you want to live with yourself and the butchering you do to English on the reg. feller, i'll have you know that missoura is smack dab in the centera the country *adjusts toothpick*
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nigga crab pollock posted:my stepdad was telling me about how dumping poo poo in the desert because they don't have a sewage system was actually brilliant because the sun kills anything and the sand filters everything as it travels to the groundwater They dump most of it in the ocean, which then quickly washes over their world class 12 star luxury resort beaches. But if the hotel management even warns the guests this might happen they'll get fired because it means the hotel and the city has lost face. Also none of the people getting horribly sick from the water with raw sewage in it can ever have the actual reason listed in medical records and the hospitals also can't issue warnings because do you know how expensive and luxurious these massive artificial islands are??
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 I'm the herp.
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nigga crab pollock posted:i live in missouri and sorry retard grammar is memetic and i have caught it like a virus Ain't is okay if you knowingly use it as either a battered grammar-wife or for effect but you should not use it witlessly like it is a natural word of yours. A double negative is okay when its meaning is different from the related positive (which happens a lot but not always) and you intend to use the other meaning.
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Haha, God drat. I was like, hmm, no five head. Pleasant expression. What's up with this? How do you not realize that having a crusty sore is a bad look?
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Haier posted:
Such healthy, good for body!
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