We've come to the part of CHN101 where I start mulling over names to give students. Would anyone ever notice if I had a 古波 and a 帕兰卡 in my class?
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Ahahahah I was just thinking about good old 帕兰卡 the other day
aug 30, 2025, 5:47 pm • 2 0 • view
I feel like I really missed out on those wacky kids. My Chinese class used homemade course material almost entirely.
aug 30, 2025, 5:50 pm • 3 0 • view
Those two and their drinking and smoking! Honestly I still have a soft spot for the art. Given my (made-up) maxim that language in textbooks is generally at least 10 years out of date from the original publication, I hate to think how old-fashioned what I learned then is now. Maybe you got lucky
aug 30, 2025, 5:54 pm • 1 0 • view
I like your maxim! The book I teach from now is pretty new, but it's already out of date, of course. I ended up learning how to talk about the new and mildly scandalous innovation of private chicken ranching. I'm not sure any of that vocab ever came into use for me.
aug 30, 2025, 6:00 pm • 1 0 • view
I do think textbooks are more frequently updated these days, but there's always a lag. But private chicken ranching! Amazing.
aug 30, 2025, 6:02 pm • 1 0 • view
A literal representation of my family name is 灾 but I'm not sure how well that would work as a Chinese surname.
aug 30, 2025, 5:58 pm • 1 0 • view
presumably even a beginner would clock that a three-character given name is a bit unusual?
aug 30, 2025, 6:16 pm • 1 0 • view