tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1707632628708935280..comments2024-03-18T22:15:24.770-05:00Comments on Althouse: A stuffy scientific journal accidentally prints an ad for a strip club on the cover of its journal.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7520869974578786742008-12-16T21:23:00.000-06:002008-12-16T21:23:00.000-06:00It works (or rather doesn't work) both ways.It works (or rather doesn't work) <A HREF="http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/amazing_slop.php" REL="nofollow">both ways.</A>Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71265131258692394732008-12-16T21:21:00.000-06:002008-12-16T21:21:00.000-06:00I ran the magazine cover past one of the Chinese s...I ran the magazine cover past one of the Chinese students in my office. He said "Oh, it's a poem" and didn't pick up on the fact that it was an ad for a strip club. So it's possible that the meaning really was subtle enough to slip past a first glance.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284350648793830503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50757347835600061412008-12-16T15:51:00.000-06:002008-12-16T15:51:00.000-06:00You know, reading the article it seems to me that ...You know, reading the article it seems to me that the article's author isn't really trying to offer the comment about Chinese tones as a defense. Rather it seems that the last three sentences are intended to speak more generally about the difficulties Westerners have with Chinese languages. However, it does seem out of place regardless, as it's the only sentence in the entire article that refers to the spoken word.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835164854514314231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89648262497162084722008-12-16T13:24:00.000-06:002008-12-16T13:24:00.000-06:00Professor Althouse has a certain jé ne se qua ;)Professor Althouse has a certain jé ne se qua ;)Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17086327893937868312008-12-16T13:12:00.000-06:002008-12-16T13:12:00.000-06:00I used to work with a waitress who's construction ...I used to work with a waitress who's construction worker husband had a chinese character tattoo on his neck. He claimed it meant "strength", she said the family believed it meant "ass".Jeff with one 'f'https://www.blogger.com/profile/05744612696537883583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18200002967318704032008-12-16T12:56:00.000-06:002008-12-16T12:56:00.000-06:00Agree with DTL. Plus, don't they know anybody fro...Agree with DTL. Plus, don't they know anybody from China? Wouldn't you run a the Chinese characters past a Chinese friend before you ran them on your magazine <I>cover</I>? Couldn't you at least take it with you to lunch to some local Chinese restaurant and ask a Chinese immigrant there to take a look at it? The journal's failure to check is pure laziness.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5781848371796964842008-12-16T12:35:00.000-06:002008-12-16T12:35:00.000-06:00Doesn't Round John Virgin play for the Harold Ange...Doesn't Round John Virgin play for the Harold Angels?Der Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967487071137862252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9284476284443740882008-12-16T12:00:00.000-06:002008-12-16T12:00:00.000-06:00It's like douchebags who get Latin mottoes tattooe...<I>It's like douchebags who get Latin mottoes tattooed on themselves.</I><BR/><BR/>I have one that has <I>SPQR</I> and another wrapped around a cross that says <I>Nomini patri et fili et spiritu sancti</I>.<BR/><BR/>And you will in the future refer to me as Dr. Douchebag. I didn't go to evil douchebag school to be called mister thank you very much.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86590194938246693112008-12-16T10:51:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:51:00.000-06:00That was so cute about "Hark, the Harold..." Trian...That was so cute about "Hark, the Harold..." Triangle Man. I thought the same thing!Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-448699770544432772008-12-16T10:31:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:31:00.000-06:00There's nothing more hilarious than seeing an Eliz...There's nothing more hilarious than seeing an Elizabethan Latin motto written in badly drawn German Fraktur characters (which are ugly even when they're skillfully drawn) tattooed on a woman named Tonya who has to take one last draw on her Kool cigarette before she can help you at the auto body shop.<BR/><BR/>The only thing that makes it better is when the tattoos start to fade and look like malignant melanoma.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66472586007354123972008-12-16T10:26:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:26:00.000-06:00It's like douchebags who get Latin mottoes tattooe...It's like douchebags who get Latin mottoes tattooed on themselves.<BR/><BR/><I>Alget qui non Ardet</I>. Deep, man! Can you do it in those Oldy English letters? Cool. What does it mean again?Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51784498897100960582008-12-16T10:24:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:24:00.000-06:00"I've always thought that it's just an idealizatio..."I've always thought that it's just an idealization of the unknown (which has always struck me as odd)."<BR/><BR/>Tattoos in strange languages add an air of worldly mystery to people who generally lack any worldliness or mystery in other, non-dermal areas of their lives.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91135286158026017932008-12-16T10:21:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:21:00.000-06:00It's not just multiculturalism ( granted that's pr...It's not just multiculturalism ( granted that's probably a component). <BR/><BR/>It's been present for years, and is not just found in American culture. Trust me you get the exact same thing amongst the japanese, who like to insert random bits of english all over the place.<BR/><BR/>I've always thought that it's just an idealization of the unknown (which has always struck me as odd).jayne_cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872094348471192444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70056338595443544762008-12-16T10:19:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:19:00.000-06:00Needs a lame tag. Oh how mysterious and complex t...Needs a lame tag. <BR/><BR/>Oh how mysterious and complex that Chinese language that means different things in different tones and differs from one region to the next. How unlike, say, ordinary English that remains perfectly constant wherever it's spoken and where words that sound the exactly the same with no tonal differentiation whatsoever can possibly mean entirely different things. For instance, the contraction "they're" in the first response to this post.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21592992113474023152008-12-16T10:16:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:16:00.000-06:00the story is not all that implausible. first consi...the story is not all that implausible. <BR/><BR/>first consider its a poem. what is a poem? it could be anything.<BR/><BR/>then consider chinese. <BR/><BR/><I>Since the Chinese language uses a logographic script — that is, a script where one or more "characters" corresponds roughly to one "word" or meaning — there are vastly more characters, or glyphs, than there are keys on a standard computer keyboard.</I><BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/yf9d2xLem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40760350101799331582008-12-16T10:05:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:05:00.000-06:00Hark, the Harold angel sing.Hark, the Harold angel sing.Triangle Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287119175364820011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91664247784708907972008-12-16T10:02:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:02:00.000-06:00"How was everyone's morning Loaves?"Do you take fo..."How was everyone's morning Loaves?"<BR/><BR/>Do you take folding tray table in there with you, or do you have a little laptop shelf that swings out from the wall?Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695896117685218995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36756269705538221442008-12-16T09:46:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:46:00.000-06:00This is a judgment free zone Hoosier. Everything ...This is a judgment free zone Hoosier. Everything is in confidence.<BR/><BR/>So please let's all share are morning loaf stories.Titusisveryrelaxedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092751195412072957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88803057611663145172008-12-16T09:40:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:40:00.000-06:00I never hear about anyone elses morning loaves her...<I>I never hear about anyone elses morning loaves here. </I><BR/><BR/>Some things are just too personal Titus.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43965652707545446522008-12-16T09:38:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:38:00.000-06:00I never quite understood why people seem to think ...<I>I never quite understood why people seem to think that something is cool simply because it's foreign;</I><BR/><BR/>Self loathing comes to mind. Modern multi-cultulturalism generally has come to mean raising the bar for other cultures at the expense of your own.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45307302569656618582008-12-16T09:37:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:37:00.000-06:00How was everyone's morning Loaves?I never hear abo...How was everyone's morning Loaves?<BR/><BR/>I never hear about anyone elses morning loaves here. I am curious, please share some interesting details on your loaves.Titusisveryrelaxedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092751195412072957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75340585403855823502008-12-16T09:32:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:32:00.000-06:00Hi Palladian, I hear your pleas...Hi Palladian, I hear your pleas...Titusisveryrelaxedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092751195412072957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3485691321283863412008-12-16T09:30:00.001-06:002008-12-16T09:30:00.001-06:00The rest of the story: The German sinologist was a...The rest of the story: <BR/>The German sinologist was actually a <A HREF="http://cravencottagenewsround.wordpress.com/2008/07/" REL="nofollow">German nihilist </A> (with a marmot). He saw the characters tattooed on the neck of an American student on a train somewhere between Düsseldorf and Köln. Immediately recognizing its awesomeness (Ungeheuerlichkeit auf Deutch) he immediately copied the characters into his notebook for use on the cover of the upcoming special issue. Latter, realizing his error, he had a private laugh as he noted that Ungeheuerlichkeit encompasses both "awesomeness" as well as "monstrosity".Triangle Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287119175364820011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43495201575705184872008-12-16T09:30:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:30:00.000-06:00OMG-my little pony is totally gay and could of bee...OMG-my little pony is totally gay and could of been one of the horses in my dream.<BR/><BR/>They flew around just like him.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I have ever seen My Little Pony before either. How weird...and gay.Titusisveryrelaxedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092751195412072957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4210454916392890102008-12-16T09:28:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:28:00.000-06:00Please hear my pleas...Please hear my pleas...Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.com