Saturday, June 23, 2007

The 'N' word all over China

I've been meaning to write about this for some time, but with so many things to talk about it slips my mind. Anyway, when I first arrived in China one of our host's told me that I would hear something that sounds like the 'N' word, but not to get upset because they are not talking about me. Everywhere I go when I listen to people talking they are always saying "nei ge" which means 'that.' Chinese people are always using this word, so for a black person that might not know the meaning they may take it the wrong way and think that the Chinese are talking about them and be ready to knock a Chinese person out. I find it hilarious everytime I hear it. What would be even funnier is if that's what they were really saying and our host told us something different so that we wouldn't knock a Chinese person out and be expelled from China.

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