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Mandarin secret 1: How to remember Subject + Verb + Noun

I am far better at getting Chinese words in the correct order than learning the actual words, so I am going to share some of my memory secrets. The first is how to remember the order Subject Verb Noun.

I always think of Subject as a type of squirrel, Verb as a sort of owl and Noun as a dragon like creature with short trunk like an elephant.

As squirrels like nuts, owls like eating small rodents that eat nuts, dragons with trunks pick up the nuts, roast them and give them to villagers in return for princesses and damsels.

Using elementary  graph theory techniques we can consider each type of word as having a degree of separation from a nut. Subject 1, Verb 2, Noun 3. So by remembering squirrel, owl, dragon with a short trunk, the word order is easy to deduce.

Subject squirrel, Verbowl and the Dragnoun
Subject squirrel, Verbowl and the Dragnoun

 

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Olympic Excitement

If you love the four times table, the Olympic Games (not the cold one) is the sporting occasion for you.*

I was interested in the fact that the Olympic rings are meant to represent all the colours on any flag of the world.

For example that great Olympic country Russia has a flag that is red white and blue, represented by the red ring, the blue ring and the white background. Here highlighted in pharmeceuticals and faecal brown…

 Citius - Altius - Fortius or Medicament - Occulto - Condono?
Citius – Altius – Fortius or Medicament – Occulto – Condono?

 

*or the Euros if you are not English

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Doodles

Films losing their scariness

I can remember first watching Alien and thinking it was a scary film. Now (although I still like the film) it doesn’t seem to be as scary…  in fact the baby alien looks a bit cute and maybe if trained would make a good pet.

After a few viewings the famous scene in Alien looks a bit like this...
After a few viewings the famous scene in Alien looks a bit like this…
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Today the English FA have now entered the realm of the paranormal where they now charge people involved in football not on what they say but the hidden meaning of the words. Instead of hiding this ESP based technology they ought to share it with the world. The fact that they do not I think brings the game of football into disrepute and as such the English FA should face charges.

The English FA (f** all when they need to do something).
The English FA (f** all when they need to do something).
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Doodles Events

10 days till Christmas…

A scene from a famous and much loved carol
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SHmog

Its been a marvellous few days in Shanghai with the locals all wearing masks. The air quality measurements are as follows:

source : http://aqicn.org/city/shanghai/

So here is todays view of the Bund:

The historic Bund as seen from the other side of the Huangpu River
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Christmas is Coming

Merry Christmas
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Hypno-Cat

He has been a ninja, and a jedi. Now Alfonso has taken up scary staring, or hypnosis as it is sometimes called…

look into his eyes...you will get out the cat treats
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Mama Huhu

Those who know some chinese may have been told that mama huhu means so-so; however it is obvious to most other people that Mama Huhu is a buxom and very welcoming woman…

"Come on boys, I am like a tiger in the sack and you can ride me like a horse..."

 

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Moon River

Breakfast At Tiffany’s is a curious film (no doubt of course the book is better). Some who have seen it may be puzzled by the song Moon River.

As we know there are no rivers on the moon, there is as far as I can work out, only possible explanation for this song…

I'm crossing this river in style someday...