Plenty of time, you're still a young fellow-me-ladHell, I got as far as being able to pronounce pinyin but then realised I didn't actually know any Chinese words.
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greedydave cries when he wanks,
Wed 30 Dec 2009, 1:30,
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Well that's somethingYou could work for the BBC as a how-to-pronounce-chinese-peoples-names-because-you-always-fucking-get-it-wrong consultant.
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zoldergoose,
Wed 30 Dec 2009, 1:32,
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You're damn rightIt's so annoying hearing sports commentators pronouncing names wrongly, considering how easy it is to learn.
His name is Ding JunHui not Ding Jun Weeeeeeee!
(His name is Ding JunHui not Ding Jun Weeeeeeee!
greedydave cries when he wanks,
Wed 30 Dec 2009, 1:36,
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I'm not sure if Chinese soccer captain Li Tie had his name pronounced right the whole time he was in the UKBut then he chose Everton so I've very little sympathy.
( greedydave cries when he wanks,
Wed 30 Dec 2009, 1:48,
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I don't understand why Ding Junhui, or his manager or whatever, has never said anythingEven the announcer guy gets it wrong every time a session starts.
He looks quite a troubled man and I reckon that's why.
(He looks quite a troubled man and I reckon that's why.
zoldergoose,
Wed 30 Dec 2009, 1:51,
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I could be wrong, but...the referee [Jan Ver Haas?] seems to get it right but the commentators still get it wrong.
Still, Hazel Irvine wouldn't get kicked out of bed over such a technicality. :)
(Still, Hazel Irvine wouldn't get kicked out of bed over such a technicality. :)
greedydave cries when he wanks,
Wed 30 Dec 2009, 1:59,
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