Comments on: Creative English with Chinese Characteristics

By: Chinamatt

Chinamatt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:03:28 +0000

I wish I knew smilence when I was teaching grad students. Great way to describe their reaction most of the time.

By: Cal

Cal — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:58:58 +0000

As an American English speaker, “smilence” doesn’t quite work for me. Said out loud, it sounds like “smile” + “violence” and not “smile” + “silence.”

By: imron

imron — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:11:05 +0000

Some of them work far better in Chinese than they do in English – 妓者 being one of them. Repwhoreter might have been a better term than Jokalist

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:43:22 +0000

Fantastic list. My buddy and I coined "gaysian" to describe the gents with feathered bangs who coordinate their pink sweatshirt with their girlfriend's.

This character is found across East Asia but I am most familiar with Gaisianus Sinensis.