mock_the_stupid: OH NO WAY.eatthepudding: You were wonder

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (

boomstick) wrote in

mock_the_stupid,
@ 2005-09-10 02:30:00

Current mood:

scared

OH NO WAY.

eatthepudding: You were wondering if Chinese is just sideways English?

brownstoneblues: YES

but now i feel lame.
like i should've already known this
but i don't <3
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*breaks into sobs*

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	cmdrproteus 2005-09-12 12:07 am UTC (link)
	LMAO...I saw that one quite a few years ago....but as far as the girl saying chinese is sideways english....DUUUUHH!! (Reply to this)

	lazarusloafer 2005-09-12 12:10 am UTC (link)
	Actually, if you read all the comments, you'll see that she meant "Is 'Chinese' written so that one must tilt one's head in order to read it, much like the writing on whoever's shirt" but was just terribly unarticulate and made herself look the the stupidest person in the known universe. (Reply to this) (Thread)

arctangent
2005-09-12 12:12 am UTC (link)

But... that's pretty stupid, too. I mean, most Chinese readers start out reading *just* Chinese, not learning English and *then* learning Chinese. So there's no reason why they'd think it was more "natural" to read horizontally than vertically, and no reason why they'd feel compelled to tilt their heads upon seeing a vertically-written Chinese sentence.

It's not quite as stupid as thinking Chinese is made of sideways English letters, but it still betrays a certain inability to think outside one's own culture.

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	boomstick 2005-09-12 12:24 am UTC (link)
	I really think she thinks that Chinese is sideways English. I mean, look at the quotes in the post. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	brownstoneblues 2005-09-12 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	yeah, that is exactly what i meant. i just have a shitty way of wording things. oh well, shit happens though, right. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_asleep767 2005-09-12 12:10 am UTC (link)
	o_O (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mrwaffle 2005-09-12 12:44 am UTC (link)
	I think your icon adequately describes my reaction to this... XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	angelsdemise 2005-09-12 12:13 am UTC (link)
	Hahahaa, when I saw that on ONTD I was hust waiting for someone to ask a stupid question like that, lol. (Reply to this)

	teresina 2005-09-12 12:25 am UTC (link)
	Hahahahaha. Also, you have the best icons. I envy you. (Reply to this)

	glassrejk 2005-09-12 01:03 am UTC (link)
	exactly. total icon envy (Reply to this)

	macabre_grrl 2005-09-12 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Wow. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE THAT DUMB? (Reply to this)

	brownstoneblues 2005-09-12 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	yeah, it would be pointless.. that is why i was wondering. <3<3 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	__allstar 2005-09-12 02:38 am UTC (link)
	Hahaha. I was waiting for someone to put that up. I was like, "OH MY GOD." at her comment. Just .. wow. (Reply to this)

	ltdead 2005-09-12 02:47 am UTC (link)
	And in other news: some of those `kanji` actually are kanji. I never realized that when you tilt your head, they can resemble the roman alphabet. Interesting! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ceruleanst 2005-09-12 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	With some more work, I imagine one could get it to say something somewhat coherent in Japanese as well. Not being bilingual, I can only offer this. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kello007 2005-09-12 05:01 am UTC (link)
	OMG! Your Icon!! <3! (Reply to this)

	hikahi 2005-09-12 08:53 am UTC (link)
	Mock the stupid... as in, make fun of them. Not a nice thing to begin with. Why read a community that is ALL about making fun of people, and then post comments about how mean people are? O.o (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vanita 2005-09-12 08:29 am UTC (link)
	She asked a dumb question, but I really don't like how people reacted. I think that's not funny at all. And btw, this is not about Chinese. Chinese is actually read horizontally, AND the letters are supposed to look like Japanese. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	klaproth_1 2005-09-12 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	oooooh my gawd...and the best part of it was the mantra the stupid so often proclaim: YOU DON'T KNOW ME SO DON'T JUDGE ME BWAHAHAHAHAHhhahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa................. (Reply to this)

	brownstoneblues 2005-09-12 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	no, but that is what i really meant. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kelliemonster 2005-09-12 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	Hahahah dumbass. (Reply to this)

	aronstale 2005-09-13 01:57 am UTC (link)
	Holy Jeeze, Batman. o_O (Reply to this)

	keithus 2005-09-14 06:08 pm UTC (link)
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	yes lynbug 2005-09-16 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	yes it is. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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