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Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #7: Microsoft Edition
March 16th, 2009 | No Comments
“My computer is rebooting on its own again!”
我的電腦又自己重新啟動了!
Wo3 de dian4 nao3 you4 zi4 ji3 chong2 xin1 qi3 dong4 le5!
コンピューターが勝手に再起動しました。
Konpyuta ga katte ni saikidō shimashita.
An Interesting Debate on English Education at NYTimes.com
March 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just a quick heads up: it looks like the NY Times has begun hosting a debate on immigration, and is starting with how to teach young children English.
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Dreaming and Language
March 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments
It’s three o’clock in the morning–at least it is in my time zone–and I’m posting here at Chipanglish after a bad dream.
Actually, since we’re all about language here, that’s not very accurate. To be more precise, there was nothing bad about the dream per se. It’s more that I dreamt in German, and that is considerably disconcerting to me once I wake up.


American-born Taiwanese girl who married a Japanese guy. And who forgot about six years' of Spanish grammar and most of the vocab.
Korean-American girl who blogs under a Spanish pseudonym because being culturally confusing is fun. Native speakers say that she has outstanding Spanish (which is a definite compliment) and outstanding German (which is most assuredly not).
American-born, Taiwanese guy who took five semesters worth of German and ended up with a major in Linguistics.