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"The Right to Refuse Service to Anyone" Dave the point is why cite the First Amendment when we're dealing with a sign in a restaurant open to the public? it is not a public school or government court house cafeteria sign. Simply put, there is no government action, period. |
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Hotmail Does Not Work Hey Bellevue, please post your pic along with the pic of the Chinese girl who dumped you. Then I can analyze them to see and understand why. |
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eGuo One Hour? "Segway to replace bike? haha, give me a break. Do you know how many bike you can buy with the price of Segway? I guess if you use Segway to deliver Food and Coke, you will lost money no matter how fast you can go Posted by: Oncerest on August 22, 2005 02:51 PM " LOL yes Onecrest, a Segway. if you want the fastest delivery speed to travel around the city, a Segway is the way to go. Police departments, the US Postal Service and others have found the Segway unbeatable in the US! A Segway will also keep a pizza *hot* from the time you leave the store with it until it is dropped off at the customer's place. |
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My Site is Almost Legal in China JianShuo could you have paid for 'express super fast' registration for your Blog rather than wait the standard 18+ months? in the US you can almost always pay a premium fee for express review/approval of your application whether it is for a passport or most anything else |
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Xiangyang Market - the Shopping Paradise The Judge have you ever worn a new pair of genuine Nikes into the ocean surf and then smelled them afterwards? Phheeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww! |
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Where to Study Chinese, Beijing or Shanghai? I have been reading more and more and discovering things about China. There are definitely too many different dialects there to make living adjustment relatively easy. The people in Beijing speak differently than the people in Shanghai who use the Shanghainese dialect. it is not like this traveling around the United States where almost everyone speaks, reads, writes and understands English (except for some illegal aliens etc) look at what Kathia wrote about the different dialects: "hi, i'm considering moving to shanghai for 6 months to a year for the same reason (study chinese). i know a lot of questions and opinions have been expresed about beijing and shanghai but i would like to know if anyone could provide me a varied type of info. i am from malaysia and of chinese origin. i speak cantonese, mandarin and hokkien/fujian. as a child i spent a few years in taiwan and picked up spoken mandarin from there. however, i cannot read chinese but have no problem understanding the different dialects and speaking mandarin in a standard putonghua accent. taking an intensive chinese course in china is just so i can begin to read and write the language i have been speaking for this long. therefore, i'd like to know if studying in shanghai (where shangainese is prevalent) will pose a problem in terms of just reading and writing? (i don't suppose so?) also, in what way is the programme in Fudan Uni lousy? please advise. thank you. Posted by: kathia on July 18, 2004 09:48 PM " I think China needs to do something to make a uniform national language a reality throughout all of China. I know that Mandarin technically is the national language but the Shangahinese still prefer to use and speak in their own local 'Shanghainese dialect. why should I spend time and money taking a Chinese speaking course in Mandarin over here just to travel to Shanghai and get hit with a strange dialect I can't speak and understand????? Learning French is not like this--French is French all over France. Learning German is the same way in Germany. |
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Where to Study Chinese, Beijing or Shanghai? I have been reading more and more and discovering things about China. There are definitely too many different dialects there to make living adjustment relatively easy. The people in Beijing speak differently than the people in Shanghai who use the Shanghainese dialect. it is not like this traveling around the United States where almost everyone speaks, reads, writes and understands English (except for some illegal aliens etc) look at what Kathia wrote about the different dialects: "hi, i'm considering moving to shanghai for 6 months to a year for the same reason (study chinese). i know a lot of questions and opinions have been expresed about beijing and shanghai but i would like to know if anyone could provide me a varied type of info. i am from malaysia and of chinese origin. i speak cantonese, mandarin and hokkien/fujian. as a child i spent a few years in taiwan and picked up spoken mandarin from there. however, i cannot read chinese but have no problem understanding the different dialects and speaking mandarin in a standard putonghua accent. taking an intensive chinese course in china is just so i can begin to read and write the language i have been speaking for this long. therefore, i'd like to know if studying in shanghai (where shangainese is prevalent) will pose a problem in terms of just reading and writing? (i don't suppose so?) also, in what way is the programme in Fudan Uni lousy? please advise. thank you. Posted by: kathia on July 18, 2004 09:48 PM " I think China needs to do something to make a uniform national language a reality throughout all of China. I know that Mandarin technically is the national language but the Shangahinese still prefer to use and speak in their own local 'Shanghainese dialect. why should I spend time and money taking a Chinese speaking course in Mandarin over here just to travel to Shanghai and get hit with a strange dialect I can't speak and understand????? Learning French is not like this--French is French all over France. Learning German is the same way in Germany. |
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Different Views on Typhoon and I don't know of any Midwestern who has packed up and left the Midwest because of a killer tornado. they're viewed as a risk of living. big deal. that's mother nature. |
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Different Views on Typhoon I guess the Shanghainese are somewhat similar to many Floridians who have experienced many powerful tropical storms and hurricanes lately. They just kind of take them in stride and hope that the next one passes them by. I don't know any Floridians who have packed up and left. |