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China: Words for the Olympics

Monday, July 30th, 2007 @ 03:27 UTC

by John Kennedy

Countries:: China
Topics:: Sport, International Relations, Language

Planning on attending the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing? Ms. Jenkins at the Elizabeth in China blog has already begun thinking up ways to help prepare her readers with Dirty Words: “…a great way to make yourself feel more Chinese. (I’m always searching for ways to feel more Chinese! Who isn’t, really?) Swear like the locals!”

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Elizabeth in China

Eek! No! Don’t embarrass yourself by badly pronouncing cuss words.

Prepare yourself instead by visiting ChinesePod and downloading some nice introductory material: ChinesePod gets you ready for the Olympics

Yes, it’s free.

# 2007-07-30 at 11:04 am

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