We would describe this weeks show as a “full house”, but Aric is already hyper-sensitive about looking like a young Bob Sagat, so we’ll just say we had a lot of visitors. The New York Confucius Institute dropped by, as did the artist who just did the music for a Nike commercial…not to mention a […]
Archive for July, 2006
Another (brilliant, we think) show and another guest. Today, Coley joins us to talk with Jenny about McDonald’s and confuse Aric with his Shanghainese. We’ll also tackle a “musically leaning” Top 5 and introduce some trip-hop from Anhui.
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街语8 The Word on the Street is 自驾游 (zì jià yóu)
Published by July 20th, 2006 in Word on the Street. 26 CommentsWord on the Street is a regular column in City Weekend magazine - Beijing and Shanghai’s essential English guide to today’s China. Word on the Street is an attempt to use popular language as a window into modern Chinese society. Visit www.cityweekend.com.cn for more information.
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Still recovering from the Cold Fairyland show last night (we took video, will YouTube it soon), it’s Aric and Jenny (joined by ChinesePodder Max, who stopped by to see Jenny) for another show – in this one, we try and sort out exactly why an A-list Chinese celeb was booed from a stage, why an […]
In another blazing edition (97 degrees out right now) of the Saturday show, we tuck into everything from the top 5 (congrats ________!), a crazy “ayi”, Evans teaches us another bad word, an easier pilgrimage to Tibet and John admits to having an, ahem, older lady at home who cooks for him.
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街语7 The Word on the Street is 寡皮族 (guǎ pí zú)
Published by July 6th, 2006 in Word on the Street. 3 CommentsWord on the Street is a regular column in City Weekend magazine - Beijing and Shanghai’s essential English guide to today’s China. Word on the Street is an attempt to use popular language as a window into modern Chinese society. Visit www.cityweekend.com.cn for more information.
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For our “One Month Anniversary” show, we bring everything from the “Top 5 Best Kept Travel Secrets of China” to Aric’s favorite Shanghai band, “Cold Fairyland”-topping it off with the “Bad Word of the Week”…and oh yeah, we have something to give away (hint: it rhymes with “a free ChinesePod t-shirt”).
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