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[Diatribe]

I can't help it. Straight guys need to hear they're hot once in a while! 🙂 I've always gotten the impression from my straight friends that they don't hear that a lot.

Don't worry about it. It's all good. Although I have to admit I like it better coming from the hot latin girls here. 😀 Not that I don't appreciate a compliment from a guy too. 😛

 

[koobcamuk]

I'll probably get flamed... but I wouldn't appreciate it from a guy.

 

[devilot]

most chinese-americans dont speak mandarin, but cantonese. could that be the case?

Er. I disagree. I know a lot more folks who speak Mandarin than Cantonese.

 

[mattscott306]

Er. I disagree. I know a lot more folks who speak Mandarin than Cantonese.

Yeah, thats what I thought too...

at least I hear more references to Madarin speakers.

 

[leekohler]

I'll probably get flamed... but I wouldn't appreciate it from a guy.

If you aren't hot, you don't have to worry. 😉 Just a little joke. 🙂

 

[TequilaBoobs]

Er. I disagree. I know a lot more folks who speak Mandarin than Cantonese.

if you go to any chinatown in the United States, that is ANY chinatown, the overwhelming spoken dialect is cantonese, then fujianese, then mandarin. Yes, mandarin is the official language of China, but the first wave of chinese immigrants came from southern china - and they spoke cantonese.

 

[devilot]

if you go to any chinatown...

Um. I live in Silicon Valley... Mandarin is the majority language. As it is in the greater L.A. area. As I'd be willing to bet it is in most non-"Chinatown" neighborhoods in the U.S.

 

[livingfortoday]

I'll probably get flamed... but I wouldn't appreciate it from a guy.

Bah, I'll take praise where I can get it. Plus, I find that random men on the street are much more likely to hit on me than women. Of course, I do live in the gayest neighborhood in Chicago, so that's probably a factor in that.

Either way, being told you're good looking is always a good thing! 😀

 

[Diatribe]

Bah, I'll take praise where I can get it. Plus, I find that random men on the street are much more likely to hit on me than women. Of course, I do live in the gayest neighborhood in Chicago, so that's probably a factor in that.

Either way, being told you're good looking is always a good thing! 😀

You DO look fancy with that cap on top of your head. 😛

 

[livingfortoday]

You DO look fancy with that cap on top of your head. 😛

Why thank you, I appreciate the compliment. It matches my robes well.

 

[job]

Well, since it's been almost 4 years since I last posted a picture of me:

I'm the one in the red. It was really really really cold that day; I wish I would have had longer spandex.

 

[TequilaBoobs]

Um. I live in Silicon Valley... Mandarin is the majority language. As it is in the greater L.A. area. As I'd be willing to bet it is in most non-"Chinatown" neighborhoods in the U.S.

"Next to Cantonese, it [Mandarin] is the most common Chinese language spoken in the Northwest. There are large groups of Cantonese-speaking immigrants located in the Northwest area. Many of these immigrants are from Southeast Asia, Mainland China, and Hong Kong. More recently, a number of ethnic Chinese has fled Southeast Asia as refugees. Hong Kong's return to Chinese control in 1997 also stimulated a great deal of movement from both Hong Kong and China. Although Cantonese is a common dialect spoken on a daily basis in Hong Kong, government officials and schools are required to use Mandarin dialect. Cantonese is arguably the most commonly spoken dialect in the Pacific Northwest, Northern California, and the East Coast. Local Chinese TV and radio media also commonly broadcast in Cantonese. A couple of Chinese newspapers distributed in the States for Cantonese speakers are "Ming Pao" and "Sing Tao."

Kathy Lin, Author
Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington

Nadine Chan, Editor
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA
November, 2000

 

[thedude110]

Uh ... the woman says:

"I speak Mandarin. Not Cantonese. And I don't know about the Pacific Northwest or the Midwest, but the Chinese-Americans of New England speak Mandarin."

You better back down on the Mandarin/Cantonese thing, Tequila. Lest she get less helpful and more aggressive ... 😉

She also says:

"And I knew exactly what he was saying. He was just being an idiot."

 

[mad jew]

Hey job, what distances do you do?

 

[WildCowboy]

Okay, I'll weigh in. The old-school folks (those who are most likely to live in Chinatowns) spoke predominantly Cantonese. But those who have come in the last few decades are primarily Mandarin speakers. The more recent immigrants frequently choose to live outside of the traditional US Chinatowns, which is what has allowed Cantonese to remain prevalent in those communities. But even Chinatowns are experiencing the shift to Mandarin as the influx of Mandarin speakers and the aging of the Cantonese speakers alters the balance.

 

[TequilaBoobs]

Uh ... the woman says:

"I speak Mandarin. Not Cantonese. And I don't know about the Pacific Northwest or the Midwest, but the Chinese-Americans of New England speak Mandarin."

You better back down on the Mandarin/Cantonese thing, Tequila. Lest she get less helpful and more aggressive ... 😉

She also says:

"And I knew exactly what he was saying. He was just being an idiot."

hmm, dont want her to become more aggressive...
😉

 

[PlaceofDis]

alright getting this thread back on track...

 

[job]

Hey job, what distances do you do?

I run the 200, 400, and 4*400 indoors and the 400, 800, and 4*400 outdoors. The above pic is from my lead-off leg on the 4*4.

It's a fun time. 🙂 I'll have to dig up some more running pics...

Did you ever run?

 

[srf4real]

On the Damariscotta River in Maine, on my honeymoon.😀

 

[mad jew]

Did you ever run?

Yeah, still do. I love a good relay but I can't go much further than 400m so I'm a 100m, 200m, 400m runner.

 

[lamina]

I'll probably get flamed... but I wouldn't appreciate it from a guy.

A compliment like that is just like someone admiring a piece of art... It's not like he grabbed my ass and called me Susan.

 

[ErikCLDR]

Yeah, still do. I love a good relay but I can't go much further than 400m so I'm a 100m, 200m, 400m runner.

I am pretty much the same- I can do the mile in under 6:00, but I hate it.

I do the 100m, 4x100, and now the 400.

 

[mad jew]

Yeah, everyone's very disappointed in my stamina, but I figure why run for half an hour when you could get it all over with in less than fifteen seconds.

 

[MarkCollette]

Yeah, everyone's very disappointed in my stamina, but I figure why run for half an hour when you could get it all over with in less than fifteen seconds.

I agree. My view is, if it takes however many minutes to run a mile, then since the girls I get with are only about 10 feet in circumference, then I should only take a few seconds to be done.

 

[ErikCLDR]

Yeah, everyone's very disappointed in my stamina, but I figure why run for half an hour when you could get it all over with in less than fifteen seconds.

Haha. I don't really enjoy long distance running. I'll do it but I find it boring, ESPECIALLY when going around a track- there is nothing interesting to see and no texture to run on except for gravel or rubber.

Speaking of which my school has the most hideous track ever. My school was renovated in 2001 and its pretty nice if I do say so myself. The track however is 20 years old at least, its made of gravel so if you fall you get a giant gash with tons of little pieces of rock in it. Additionally, its not the proper size and your times suck when you run on it. Furthermore, grass likes to creep into the track, so the 5th lane sometimes has a tufts of grass growing out of the gravel.