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  1. @JonCG_novelist always pick your audience :D :D about 5 hours ago via web in reply to JonCG_novelist
  2. @JonCG_novelist hahaha, totally about 5 hours ago via web in reply to JonCG_novelist
  3. @kyliu99 @oh_gingersnap @tchernabyelo @joncg_novelist hahaha, the geek version of translation (but makes sense!) about 5 hours ago via web in reply to kyliu99
  4. @JonCG_novelist @PrinceJvstin hahaha about 9 hours ago via twicca in reply to JonCG_novelist
  5. @MizHalle @requireshate to be fair Vietnamese diaspora probably operates under different rules than Chinese diaspora... about 9 hours ago via twicca
  6. @PrinceJvstin @JonCG_novelist yup; that's what I remember from history classes... about 9 hours ago via twicca in reply to PrinceJvstin
  7. @kyliu99 @tchernabyelo @JonCG_novelist it's really weird, isn't it? Like you say, makes you wonder how it came to be... about 9 hours ago via twicca in reply to kyliu99
  8. @MizHalle @requireshate ugh my family is positively old fashioned, and they would still laugh at this. Maybe different in US? about 9 hours ago via twicca in reply to MizHalle
  9. @tchernabyelo @JonCG_novelist @kyliu99 and someone probably made decision to leave traces"czar" as it ws ibm English and it stuck.... about 9 hours ago via twicca in reply to tchernabyelo
  10. @tchernabyelo @JonCG_novelist @kyliu99 I think it's just more familiar because Russia is closer geographically & has been featured in books about 9 hours ago via twicca in reply to tchernabyelo
  11. @kyliu99 @oh_gingersnap I highly suspect it was straight from Chinese, like many VN words. 10+ centuries of colonization leave traces.... about 9 hours ago via twicca in reply to kyliu99
  12. @requireshate :) those are SO good especial with fried rice... about 10 hours ago via twicca in reply to requireshate
  13. @NadiaLee he. My Dad thought there wasn't much difference between 2 and 3, but I'm not an expert... about 12 hours ago via web in reply to NadiaLee
  14. @NadiaLee my grandmother has one and does fairly well with it, pretty much for the same uses about 12 hours ago via web in reply to NadiaLee
  15. @garethlpowell arg, sorry to hear that, hope you feel better soon! about 12 hours ago via web in reply to garethlpowell
  16. @garethlpowell oh dear. Allergies, or something else? about 12 hours ago via web in reply to garethlpowell
  • Name Aliette de Bodard
  • Location Paris, France
  • Web http://www.aliett...
  • Bio Engineer. SF/Fantasy Writer. Terminally linguistically confused.
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