Comments on: Overheard in New York http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/ A blog on English. Mostly American, occasionally British. Always with a Chinese flavor. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: aliensooner http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-682 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:58:25 +0000 http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-682 Coincidence, huh? "Wednesday One-liners Paging Hugh Laurie Man: Isn't "volvo" the medical term for a vagina? --Jacob Javits Center Overheard by: Tesla" <strong>Yan: I totally knew you'd catch this! :D</strong> Coincidence, huh?

“Wednesday One-liners Paging Hugh Laurie

Man: Isn’t “volvo” the medical term for a vagina?

–Jacob Javits Center

Overheard by: Tesla”

Yan:

I totally knew you’d catch this! :D

]]> by: aliensooner http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-631 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:32:45 +0000 http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-631 我还真愣没看懂 不是指 Forever 21 - 虽然我从没听说过这牌子，但上下文还是很明显的。 省略号那部分到底是啥呀？ <strong>Yan: 你说的是标题里的省略号？之前没注意，现在注意到了，也没看懂。 :P</strong> 我还真愣没看懂
不是指 Forever 21 - 虽然我从没听说过这牌子，但上下文还是很明显的。
省略号那部分到底是啥呀？

Yan:

你说的是标题里的省略号？之前没注意，现在注意到了，也没看懂。 :P

]]> by: Nicholas.T http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-621 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:15:22 +0000 http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-621 有些话语，看起来还是很不舒服...... April 22, 2006 Bad Habit Nun: Can you spare some change for St. Patrick's Orphanage? Asian girl #1: Sorry. Asian girl #2: Sorry. Nun: Damned Chinks are all the same. That's Why They Call It a . . . Never Mind Chick #1: Ahh! Why am I, like, sweating? Chick #2: What is your shirt made of, cotton? Chick #1: Well, it's from Forever 21, so it's probably dead Chinese children. 你的blog很不错，我经常来看。继续下去。 <strong>Yan: 不用不舒服，那里并不特别针对某类人。网站负责人是Jew，但那里有无数Jewish jokes，不过滤的。这才是真实的生活嘛。人家都不怕暴露美国人自己的“无知”和“偏见”，我们那么在意干什么呢？ 再说，Crash还拿奥斯卡最佳影片呢！ :P</strong> 有些话语，看起来还是很不舒服……

April 22, 2006
Bad Habit
Nun: Can you spare some change for St. Patrick’s Orphanage?
Asian girl #1: Sorry.
Asian girl #2: Sorry.
Nun: Damned Chinks are all the same.

That’s Why They Call It a . . . Never Mind
Chick #1: Ahh! Why am I, like, sweating?
Chick #2: What is your shirt made of, cotton?
Chick #1: Well, it’s from Forever 21, so it’s probably dead Chinese children.

你的blog很不错，我经常来看。继续下去。

Yan:

不用不舒服，那里并不特别针对某类人。网站负责人是Jew，但那里有无数Jewish jokes，不过滤的。这才是真实的生活嘛。人家都不怕暴露美国人自己的“无知”和“偏见”，我们那么在意干什么呢？

再说，Crash还拿奥斯卡最佳影片呢！ :P

]]> by: tim.guo http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-620 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:33:36 +0000 http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-620 Overheard in New York vs. New York Overheard Overheard in the Office vs. Overheard at College 这四个网站上的对话基本看不懂，郁闷。 :( <strong>Yan: Vista122已经说了我想说的。 :P</strong> Overheard in New York vs. New York Overheard
Overheard in the Office vs. Overheard at College

这四个网站上的对话基本看不懂，郁闷。 :(

Yan:

Vista122已经说了我想说的。 :P

]]> by: vista122 http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-619 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:29:30 +0000 http://englishblog.org/2006/04/22/overheard-in-new-york/#comment-619 I like reading TV scripts. They teach you a lot about how sentences should be organized. The OINY stuff is a little too short and way too weird for beginners, IMO. But I guess if you stick to it long enough, it will do the trick just as well. <strong>Yan: WORD. I have been such a huge fan because the hilarity of everyday life in New York is so real. If you have lived there, it's just impossible not to love OINY.</strong> I like reading TV scripts. They teach you a lot about how sentences should be organized.

The OINY stuff is a little too short and way too weird for beginners, IMO. But I guess if you stick to it long enough, it will do the trick just as well.

Yan:

WORD.

I have been such a huge fan because the hilarity of everyday life in New York is so real. If you have lived there, it’s just impossible not to love OINY.

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