Comments on: Ni Hao

By: Byron Ellacott

Byron Ellacott — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:35:19 +0000

“Ni hao” is Mandarin. It’s one of four or five Mandarin phrases I remember from three years of taking classes in high school. Public money well spent there. The others are “bu shi” for, basically, “no” or “not so”, “shi” for “yes”-ish, “ni hao ma” for “how are ya?” and “lao shi hao” for “hiya, teacher”.

Many’s the farmer I’ve had meaningless and brief conversations with using my extensive knowledge of Mandarin. Maybe I should take the time to learn “I don’t speak Mandarin.” Or maybe not.

By: Erunamo

Erunamo — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 04:06:50 +0000

Oh yeah, that’s how it’s spelled.

By: Foton

Foton — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:06:57 +0000

Well I can't be expected to learn Chinese AND Japanese. Bie Bie could be a shrunken turtle. (wtf) or it means Bye. Although contextually, since I was shopping for a fire sale, bye = Go to Hell. Baibai = Japanese for bye bye. Maybe that farmer was a poor speller.

By: Krones

Krones — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:02:52 +0000

Foton is worse than the fcc, yellow barring everything, bastard is keeping the stalkers at bay.

bie, bie is a vulgar ancient chinese threat, stop kidding yourselves, a polite gold farmer that has the courtesy to say goodbye?! I pity da smoozles.

By: Erunamo

Erunamo — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:46:06 +0000

I know that the Japanese say the very American “bye bye” but spell it differently. This is probably another case.

By: Foton

Foton — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:31:44 +0000

Ya, was $80 per 1k just a month or two ago. The wonders of supply and demand, eh?

By: Krones

Krones — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:13:52 +0000

Those prices aren’t bad, thanks! You should get a commission.

By: Elbows

Elbows — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:01:22 +0000

That was my first thought as well

By: Chef

Chef — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:29:55 +0000

That’s what I was thinking too Necrogeist

By: Necrogeist

Necrogeist — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:33:01 +0000

Erm…bie bie = bye bye?