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[lucyarliwu]

Lucy, "Chow Mein" is simply "³´Ãæ" in Mandarin!! :D

Sorry, Shane?

I'm afraid I can't understand what that special mark means?!

So could you help me in another way if it's easy for you?

Thanks Shane in advance! ;)

[lucyarliwu]

P.S. Here is a link to the language quizzes: http://www.funtrivia.com/quizlistgold.cfm?cat=4563

This one is specifically about words English "borrowed" from Chinese:
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=87206

This will give you a "head start" on the Chinese/English quiz:
http://spotlightongames.com/quote/chinesewords.html

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Thanks Ron for your corrections for me on the following sentence:

"I have looked up the rest of the unclear words, but I still don't know what chow mein is." (Does that seem right?)

It's quite right after your amending. :) It seems that what I wrote before is just one good example of "pidgin English",am I right? ;)

BTW, thanks for the links, I'll try them later since the linking here is pretty slow. :(

[RonBee]

"I have looked up the rest of the unclear words, but I still don't know what chow mein is." (Does that seem right?)

It's quite right after your amending. :) It seems that what I wrote before is just one good example of "pidgin English",am I right? ;)

I am not sure, but I think pidgin English has more to do with speech than writing. I don't really know much about it tho. It might be something interesting to do a little research on.

BTW, thanks for the links, I'll try them later since the linking here is pretty slow. :(

Perhaps it is your Internet connection. The links always work fine for me.

Here is another word we English speakers got from China: silk. Interesting, huh? You are probably familiar with the ancient trading route called the Silk Road. I am sure there are a lot of interesting stories that are associated with that.

http://spotlightongames.com/quote/chinesewords.html

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[RonBee]

Here are some more English words that were "borrowed" from Chinese.

bohea
bonze
cangue
cash
China
ginkgo
ginseng
Hun
Japan
judo
junk
kaolin
ketchup
ling
loquat
mien
oolong
pan
pekoe
shaman
tan
tofu
Turk
tycoon
typhoon
yen
wok

http://acadprojwww.wlu.edu/vol4/Blac...d/chinese.html

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[Tdol]

char

[RonBee]

• English Words from Chinese
  http://spotlightongames.com/quote/chinesewords.html

pidgin

• a simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages from "pidgin English", pidgin being the word in pidgin English for "business", i.e. a changed form of the English word "business". Pidgin English is/was a form of Chinese English used for business purposes in the Orient.

• Pidgin English
  http://www.hku.hk/linguist/program/contact4.html
  http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/publi...notes/sn24.htm

:)

[Casiopea]

I couldn't help wondering when you mentioned the word 'tea' is from China, ya, and just as Tdol said it's 'cha' in chinese pronuciation, but how could it turn into 'tea' which is obviously different from 'cha', so as the 'cash', 'pidgin'??? :? Lucy in curiosity

From the Chinese, Amoy dialect t'e:
Dutch tee, chief importers (1610)
French the
Spanish te
German tee
English tea (1644)

From the Chinese, Mandarin dialect ch'a
Russian cha
Persian cha
Greek tsai
Turkish say

From French caisse
English cash

From the Chinese pronunciation of business.
English pidgin

www.etymonline.com

:D

[Tdol]

The Portuguese say 'cha' and it was a Portuguese princess, married to Charles II (I believe), who introduced tea to Britain.

[Casiopea]

The Portuguese say 'cha' and it was a Portuguese princess, married to Charles II (I believe), who introduced tea to Britain.

His-story :D

[Susie Smith]

IN England we also call tea 'char', which is much closer to the Chinese.

In Portuguese (at least in Brazil) the word for tea is "chá" which is pronounced as "shah". I had no idea it came from Chinese!