Sunday, October 04, 2009

On learning Chinese

On learning Chinese

Chinese, I have learned, is a tonal language.

The same word can have several different meanings, all depending on how it is spoken.

For example, "mother", "horse" and "hemp" are all spoken in different tonal variations of the word "ma".

On reflection, this might explain Professor Stephen Hawking's recent arrest outside a knocking shop in Shanghai.

8 comments:

Debster said...

First!


Which is chinese for first.

Aunty Brenda said...

I find it hard to believe he could knock, what with the paralysis and all.

Scaryduck said...

He's got an attachment

Debster said...

Havent we all ...

Debster said...

And anyway ow do we know that Professor Hawking has paralysis? He could be just really lazy.

Anonymous said...

IT WASN'T THAT AT ALL. EVERTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I MENTIONED BLACK HOLES...

PROF. S. HAWKING

Erin said...

Oh ma.

Captain Dangerous said...

Haai =

1. Shoes
2. Prawns
3. C**t

You need to be careful when anyone of these in black bean sauce!