Tag Archives: ESL

#ESL Humor (Tudou – the Potato Company)

3 Dec

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Hahaha!

One of my students was writing about the Youku / Tudou (2 Chinese media companies like Youtube) merger for our Negotiations class.

However, they put what they wrote into Bing!Translator to move it from Chinese to English. And Tudou translates as “Potato Net.” So every time they meant to say Tudou, it says “Potatoes.”

“Youku and the potatoes had a 100% merger . . . . potatoes have been issued”. . . .  and the potatoes are buying up stock.

I’m just saying – these are some advanced potatoes and I want in on the action. Do smart, shareholder potatoes taste better when you eat then?

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#BlackFridayisComing

18 Nov

This is Walmart during Black Friday – the next line is full – please go clear to the next paragraph 😜 (Sign posted at our resident Waka – the Chinese Walmart)

 

Next Week or the Other Next Week?

20 Oct

Sigh. . . . ESL problems. Spent twenty minutes tonight in a disagreement with a student over the date of the mid-term. I stupidly stated the exam would be “next week on Thursday.” – – – “But teacher, we don’t have class on Thursday next week. . . ” I’m sorry??? “We have class on Thursday this coming week. Then the next week no class on Thursday.” It’s the little things in ESL teaching – like trying to explain what precisely “this week” and “next week” mean. They always think “next week” means the “week after next.” Confusing? I know, me too 😛 The life I live!

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English Adjectives are Funny!

9 Oct

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Life in China ~ Chinglish Travel

5 Aug

Airport = Airplane Station

(Comes from the fact that we have Subway Stations and Train Stations, so naturally it is a Airplane Station 😛 )

Lovely Language ~3Q

21 Jun

😁  So the other day one of my Chinese students responded to a comment on our WeChat group with “3Q”  Took me forever to figure out what he meant!

In Chineese, the number three (3) is said “san” So 3Q is slang for a Chinglish Thank You or “san q”.😁  The group board then lit up with people laughing at the fact that they have now slanged Chinglish. :p

I Have Great Students

17 Feb

It is seriously unfair to other teachers that I got the best students in the world. 🙂 Remember I love each of you and I believe in you! You deserve the best this world has to offer, thank you for being so amazing!

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My favorite flavor!

6 Feb

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English Short-Hand

20 Sep

Abbreviations

For those of you who are reading English notes from teachers or trying to understand handouts 🙂 Americans use a lot of short-hand or abbreviations. Here is what some of those symbols mean!  Although Maximum should be Max.

Teaching Funnies

19 Sep

Teaching Funny -One of my students wrote in her paper “5 dollars is only a hair off a bull’s back to a company” – 😛 It sounds so much like something us Missourians would say! Amazing how sayings can sound the same around the world!