https://talesacrossthesea.net/50/server-error/ 海外奇谈　　　Good Vibrations, Better Translations: Fun Chinese Stuff in English　　　海外奇谈 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:28:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://talesacrossthesea.net/50/server-error/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:53:46 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=50#comment-237 Wow, i would never have thought of it that way!

]]> https://talesacrossthesea.net/50/server-error/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:09:04 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=50#comment-231 When I was in Beijing last month, I was with a colleague who is British. Once during dinner in a nice restaurant I told this story as a joke, and he paused for a minute then said, “that is not very kind.” It was my turn to pause before I figured out how he understood the joke. There is a second meaning to this story: That restaurant is not a English word (it’s a dig at English cooking).

]]> https://talesacrossthesea.net/50/server-error/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:47:00 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=50#comment-168 haha, that would be a good one, though most people can figure out “404” isn’t related to the original meaning, even without knowing English!

]]> https://talesacrossthesea.net/50/server-error/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:45:22 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=50#comment-167 That’s hilarious! I wonder if it was a “404 error”, which would be another funny name for a restaurant.

]]> https://talesacrossthesea.net/50/server-error/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:11:31 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=50#comment-166 It should be “restaurant”. Thanks, I should make it clear in the title.

]]> https://talesacrossthesea.net/50/server-error/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:13:19 +0000 http://talesacrossthesea.net/?p=50#comment-165 Very funny! Wonder what the intent was?

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