As Chinese grammar does not distinguish between definite and indefinite articles, Chinese speakers struggle with when to use or not use the English definite article the. There are amazing and very funny illustrations throughout the book and they really do bring Jo’s past to life. The book does carry an important message for teenagers though, about being yourself, following your dreams and never giving up. Ok where was this book when I was 14? Reading this book made me all the more aware of why diversity in literature is needed. I was born and raised in London but am half Chinese, half English. I have often been made to feel somewhat other in my life and never in my teenage years did I ever read any fiction where I could really relate to a character’s family life. What I was reading was what I aspired for my life to be like (i.e. a normal white teenage girl’s life) and was not my actual life or experience. Maurice Freedman (1957, 1970). Chinese Family and Marriage in Singapore, Johnson Reprint Corp., p. 101. "The noun ‘keep’ is sometimes used in Chinese-English. [Note] Sometimes jocularly referred to as ‘Chinglish’." S.v., lingua. Matthew C. Perry and Robert Tomes (1857). The Americans in Japan: an abridgment of the government narrative of the U.S. expedition to Japan. D. Appelton. p. 179. "Many of the women speak a little of the lingua called Chinese English, or, in the cant phrase, pigeon [ sic]."

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According to Bromage, language mixing is an unstoppable trend as more and more people, speaking different languages, mingle in China. Plus, the parents apparently didn't give a fig that the kids were trying hard to set their own paths, Simon got a lot of hate because of his future plans.I'm glad things worked out for Jo in the end though. Because I don't think I would've been able to take it if she never made it out of her situation. Please steek gently appears on a Taipei government building door. This form of Chinglish uses obscure English terms, namely, Scottish English steek "enclose; close; shut" instead of the common word. Cultural meanings. The English idiom "work like a horse" means "work hard", but in China horses are rarely used as draft animals and the equivalent Chinese expression uses niú 牛 "cattle".

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Trip v. TourA. Trip (n., v.) a voyage; you can either take it on your own or with a group (n.); the act of something dropping and falling Foreign tongues: Hong Kong.(corruption of English and Chinese in Hong Kong)" The Economist 2 March 1996. Chinglish can be compared with other interlanguage varieties of English, such as Britalian (from Italian), Czenglish (from Czech), Denglisch (German), Dunglish ( Dutch), Franglais (French),

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Don't stampede is featured on signs in lavatories to inform users that using a sitting toilet like a squatting toilet is prohibited. [71]

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You can view the Statue of Liberty from across the harbor.– Dad viewed his daughter’s new boyfriend with displeasure. (to consider or believe) Mom didn’t want me to watch too much TV when I was a kid, so she would make me go outside to play some. (Note: we usually say “watch TV” but “see a movie.”) Linguists and language teachers employ error analysis to fathom Chinglish. Liu et al. list four characteristic features of Chinglish mistranslations, [42]

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First off, there might be some who might be offended by me poking fun of Chinglish. But really if anyone can empathize, it’s me. As someone who struggled with learning Chinese Mandarin for a couple of years, I understand just how different the two languages are — grammatically, tonally, and otherwise. I see signs with 'Save water, you are the best' on them many times when I go to the toilet in Beijing, but in my home country, Britain, we would never say that. Instead, we would just say 'Please save water, thank you,'" Bromage said. "I love the seemingly Chinglish expression more. How wonderful life is when someone tells me I am the best every time I go to the toilet. I even have the urge to say, 'Thanks sign. I am the best. Yay!'" The word "play" is a good example. Bromage said, for many Chinese people, it means "to hang out and have fun," but in English, it is not quite the same and can lead to embarrassment. "I often hear my adult friends reply, 'I will play with my friends' after being asked what would they do on the weekend," Bromage said. "One friend once said, 'I played with myself' in response to the question, which means to masturbate in English." In my opinion, if someone speaks English and others can understand, then there is no reason to say they are wrong," Bromage said.