Language Log

**Hraesvelg** · 08-13-2009, 02:19 AM

Anyone else read it? I'm not a linguist by any stretch, but it can be an interesting read. I've always liked this gem:

http://158.130.17.5/~myl/languagelog...es/005195.html

**Ralath** · 08-13-2009, 02:20 AM

I ate Jew's Ear while I was in China... lulz.

**Ralath** · 08-13-2009, 02:22 AM

Also, 干 (gan4) can mean, "to do", which is where I'm guessing the other word comes from.

**Hessah** · 08-13-2009, 02:26 AM

I'm rather surprised that the machine translated 干 as "fuck" coz you would only interpret it as fuck in colloquial language, which I thought machines are not suppose to do O_o