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YICHM

@ YICHM @lemmy.world

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  • Not sketchy at all

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  • I can't unsee it now. thank you!

  • General tso chicken is just chinese 10 piece nuggets with mcdonald's bbq sauce

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  • General Tso Chicken Rib -- $5

    It tastes like nothing

  • "Facebook" sounds like "非死不可" (fēi sǐ bù kě) in Mandarin... (which means something like: "no choice but to die")

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  • 「你有非死不可嗎」是無效自殺防治標語；「我沒有非死不可」是嫌犯請求減刑的說詞。

    我只有在2016年買的通訊紀錄簿中，看過這個詞，因此推斷，大家都用臉書或者是FB等稱呼，沒想到真的有人非死不可……

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    I have several questions

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Most mouse pointers designs assume right-handed users

  • It's easier to rhyme in Mandarin than in English

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  • they used way too much puns in Taiwan. they are mostly names of new products. Examples:

    • 花現莓好（發現美好）
    • 莓有你不行（沒有你不行）
    • 洗翻你（喜歡你）
    • 好運蛇出來 (no translation as this uses words from zh-min-nan)
    • 芋見泥眞好（遇見你眞好）
    • 購車送豪禮
    • Fun 暑假（放暑假）
    • 可口可樂
    • “My 麥 dear friends~”
    • 五鮮級（五星級）
    • 美術系（賣壽司）

  • It's easier to rhyme in Mandarin than in English

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    • (Standard) Mandarin: the Chinese "dialect" that most westerner learns.
    • Chinese: languages such as mandarin, min, yue, which are not necessary mutually comprehensible. For example, there are eight tones in zh-min-nan, compared to four in standard mandarin. The grammar, common words and idioms are also somewhat different, although sloppy translations are unifying the grammar of zh-min-nan and mandarin in Taiwan.
    • SC, TC: They both refer to Standard Mandarin in most contexts, but different script and words are used. Mostly mutually comprehensible disregarding political issues. However, these two terms can also refer to the script (simplified vs. traditional) themselves. Note that TC shouldn't be mapped to zh-tw, since zh-tw and zh-hk are no less different that en-us and en-gb.

  • linerule mandarin

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  • A lot of them... name of elements

    Only two of them (釷, 鈥: Holmium) are currently used element names.

  • linerule mandarin

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  • It is unfortunate that the characters 鈥釷 are replaced by 钬钍, ruining the consistency.

  • linerule mandarin

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  • Recognised characters:

    • 淦 -- alt. form of 幹 -- alt. form of 姦, from zh-min-nan -- fuck
    • 釷 -- thorium
    • 林 -- forest; a surname
    • 沐 -- appears in 沐浴 -- shower
    • 杜 -- appears in 杜甫 -- a famous poet
    • 淡 -- watered down; appears in 淡水 -- fresh water
    • 炎 -- flame
    • 灶 -- stove
    • 圭 -- appears in 日圭 -- alt. form of 日晷 -- sundial

  • They missed the opportunity of calling compact disc "Digital Audio Disc"

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  • Maybe it was renamed? It's weird that I've handled CDs but not DVDs.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD

    DVD (digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    They missed the opportunity of calling compact disc "Digital Audio Disc"

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    (false) Whether it comes from the skin or the flesh, the stereotypical colour of a fruit is the more vibrant one.

  • Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet.

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  • TIL: savoury yoghurt exists.

    to be fair, i shouldn't be that surprised since we have savoury soy milk here.

  • Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet.

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  • I have licked both. Licking table salt is more intense.

  • Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet.

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  • It is meant to be taken literally. It seems that I've consumed way too much sugar. (30 g / 1000 ml is normal to me)

  • Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet.

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  • I've only seen slightly less refined (yellow) sugar being used at home, but white sugar isn't any sweeter.

  • Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet.

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  • Is salt very sour? Very savory?

    second one.

    Which one is a better antonym for sweet?

    in Chinese it's bitter (not enjoyable).

    What about an antonym for sugary?

    bland?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet.

  • People around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.

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  • Only if the verse is carefully written.

  • Failure is the best teacher

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  • Failure is the best teacher, but the tutor price is usually expensive.

  • English as a second language learners: what words were really hard for you to pronounce?

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  • texts, clothes. consonant clusters.

  • Should a username be pronounceable?

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  • Thanks genuinely for giving a guide on how to pronounce my own username!

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Should a username be pronounceable?

  • Usually, silicone nippled showerheads aren't replaced or cleaned regularly.

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  • correct

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Usually, silicone nippled showerheads aren't replaced or cleaned regularly.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    No parking pavement marker being right beside a parking slot

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    The disadvantaged are more sensitive to biased language for good reasons.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Unlike quartz analogue watches (compared to mechanical watches) regular pencils do not contain moving parts (the narrowest definition of "mechanism"), while mechanical pencils do.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    With bathing, water recirculation is more easily accepted.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    "Fed-iverse" can be rephrased as "Fe-diverse", which suits Lemmy more.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    We* emphasize exclusive access to objects (not sharing) more than we ever did.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Coming up with a showerthought is easy. Framing and Verifying one is hard.

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    How festive

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Despite having heard the phrase 'passive aggressive' several times, I still don't know what it means.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Localizing English error messages makes it slightly harder to search for solutions online.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    There should exist a single-word marker on questions signifying that the person asking the question doesn't know the answer.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    YICHM @lemmy.world

    Reverse Polish Notation may be more intuitive to native speakers of a language using SOV sentence structure.