tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post5828490426130300563..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Laffs from the KMT and DPPMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-64134883098057304122010-04-01T01:03:14.451+08:002010-04-01T01:03:14.451+08:00There is NOTHING to do with English here. That'...There is NOTHING to do with English here. That's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28829946730784332842010-03-31T21:43:32.152+08:002010-03-31T21:43:32.152+08:00Actually, in the land of teabaggers it's inter...Actually, in the land of teabaggers it's interesting to bring up the John Birchers and the die-hard, Cold-War rhetoric about "Free China."<br /><br />What's perhaps scary (is that the right word?) is how many of express similar feelings and concerns about China. Maybe it's true what they're saying - liberals are the new right!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28672806704823109712010-03-31T21:29:26.105+08:002010-03-31T21:29:26.105+08:00No, I'm linking to their discussion, really.No, I'm linking to their discussion, really.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-50857792567452457202010-03-31T20:59:13.486+08:002010-03-31T20:59:13.486+08:00You're citing the John Birch Society? Really?...You're citing the John Birch Society? Really?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-82359717314219159422010-03-31T15:54:10.011+08:002010-03-31T15:54:10.011+08:00Perhaps more Taiwanese would feel 'splendid...Perhaps more Taiwanese would feel 'splendid' if the Gallup organization didn't use "province of China" in their polls.<br /><br />Aren't they supposed to be a politically neutral organization?Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-41593107082255424352010-03-31T12:35:06.227+08:002010-03-31T12:35:06.227+08:00My semantics and my own observation suggest that t...My semantics and my own observation suggest that the meaning is there still remain a hundred persons for whom the ROC is splendid.<br /><br />No, wait! That would be splendid TO 100... Aaargh!vinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-26706690223879108332010-03-31T00:33:28.152+08:002010-03-31T00:33:28.152+08:00I'm not sure what you're comment on spendi...I'm not sure what you're comment on spendid is about. It makes no sense in English, but that's because it's Mandarin. So I guess your Mandarin after all these years is still at a very basic level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-69279972466015027742010-03-30T22:15:23.503+08:002010-03-30T22:15:23.503+08:00Going back to the issue of the dangers of non-nati...Going back to the issue of the dangers of non-native speakers trying to co-opt the English language to appear more cosmopolitan, am I the only one who thinks the KMT would be better served by using "Splendid AT 100" instead of "Splendid FOR 100"? <br /><br />I'm imagining that the original idea was to describe the ROC as being splendid for every one of its 100 years (even when it triumphantly retreated to Taiwan). But the "for" also sounds just a little patronizing, akin to how we would describe an enfeebled elderly relative:<br /><br />"Well, yes, it had a brain transplant in 1949, quit the UN in the '70s and underwent 6 bypasses to its Constitution in the '90's, but isn't the ROC SPLENDID for 100?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-961370465615584052010-03-30T11:55:01.004+08:002010-03-30T11:55:01.004+08:00Is is just me or does the new KMT logo look like a...Is is just me or does the new KMT logo look like a butt-plug?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com