bokane
- Name: Brendan O'Kane
- Location: Beijing
- Job: writer, translator
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On October 20, 2010 1:54 AM in Photos: TVCC tower Beijing dismantling, they said:
Wait, wait, "illegal fireworks?" Check your homework -- the fireworks were part of a display that CCTV had contracted for. ...
On April 7, 2010 9:23 PM in English abbreviations on Chinese TV, RIP, they said:
D'oh - neglected to finish the thought, which is that the Southern Min word then traveled to Indonesia with Hokkien traders, and that the British may have picked it up from their outpost in Sumatra....
On April 7, 2010 9:20 PM in English abbreviations on Chinese TV, RIP, they said:
Dan Jurafsky had a nice run-down on the etymology of 'ketchup' a while back -- check it out for an interesting read if you have the time. The short version is that the word originally referred to some...
On April 7, 2010 7:23 PM in English abbreviations on Chinese TV, RIP, they said:
'Ketchup' was originally a Malay word, not Chinese. ...
On June 4, 2009 1:01 AM in CNN, BBC and AFP reporters accosted by umbrella-wielding "undercover" police at Beijing's Tiananmen Square [UPDATED], they said:
They really are children, aren't they?...
On January 2, 2009 2:20 PM in Adult entertainment studio Harmony Films wants to offer 'Kappa Girl' a real job, they said:
I say she should star in "Debbie Does Dalian."...
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