Re: Zheng spoke English well


"Richard Eich" <richard.eich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Richard Eich" <richard.eich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jun 28, 11:07 am, jingus <jin...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fan wrote:
It says that she lives in China. I wonder where she learned
English.

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my guess is that she learned to speak english in china. you've
obviously not met many people from china.

Fan is edging closer to my killfile.

Of course, it would have been entirely appropriate if Zhen didn't
speak English. Chinese is growing in stature as a second language.

"Chinese"? There is no "Chinese" language there are only Chinese
dialects.

Sorry, there is chinese language, There is written language that all
chinese
can understand regardless if you are a mandarin speaker, Fukian speaker,
Hokka speaker or you speak Sichuan dialects ( this is where Zheng Jie
came from ).

If you are referring to the written form then your statement that
"Chinese is growing in stature as a second language" is false. It is
structurally too imprecise for scientific applications (which,
incidentally, is why English, Russian, and German are the dominant
languages in the sciences, and in English is for business).

Written Chinese does make for beautiful poetry, however.


Sorry, I am not saying anything about Chinese language's status as a second
language or
its scientific applications or how it is used in business. But point out
the obvious fact that
China has a common written language despite the differnt dialects spoke in
diferent part
of the courntry.


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