People knock Mandarin for being a tricky language because the emphasis on a certain syllable can make a word’s meaning be either “I love you,” or, “Your mother’s a whore” (although I don’t know what the Chinese is for, “I love your whore mother”). It’s a tonal language with a lot of sounds and vocal [...]
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Angry Girls Are Like Mandarin Because The Inflection Gives the Same Words Different Meanings
January 11th, 2010
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Max Lance is a writer, producer and performer. He was nominated for a Student Emmy, Humanitas Fellowship and was a finalist for the Page Screenplay Award. He writes features, TV and syndicates his blog while hosting the travel show The Trip Next Door and working at Chernin Entertainment. A New York City native, Max graduated the USC film school and now lives in Los Angeles.