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Saturday, January 14, 2006

Hanzi Smatter 一知半解

I'll admit it, I have absolutely no clue as to what 知半解 means. I am a terrible Westerner abusing Eastern languages. The Hanzi Smatter 一知半解 site documents incorrect use of Chinese (and some Japanese) in Western culture - mostly Navy tattooes! Though to be fair, I don't even know what Hanzi Smatter means, and that looks like English to me! And aren't the Chinese and Japanese etc just as guilty of trying to use English and making a real big mess of it? We're even then.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Sure, both the Chinese and Japanese are both guilty of using English (or abusing English) in some very funny ways. A fantastic web site that demonstrates this is www.engrish.com.

Enjoy!

11:36 AM

 
Anonymous said...

yo fucktard, didn't you read the part "Hanzi Smatter, dedicated to the misue of Chinese characters in western culture"?

Are you that stupid that can't even understand your own language?!

Jesus fucking christ.

7:23 PM

 

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