Agreed. And we already have the word for what you mean: Monstrosity. I always refer to modern American cities, especially those in the Midwest, South and on the West-coast as monstrosities. English is a beautiful accurate language, isn’t it?https://twitter.com/Molson_Hart/status/1199328185114083328 …
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I was at the Canton Fair and there was a Shenyang Trading Company selling a product that we buy from another supplier. I said "you make this yourself in Shenyang?" - They said yes, but were smiling nervously. I said "All the factories that make this are in Jiangsu or Zhejiang"
After I said this a couple more times, they admitted that they were lying earlier. Sad day for Shenyang and Manchuria. 东北也有说谎人
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“Smiling nervously” means they were very bad liars. Their novicehood means they don’t usually lie. But I do admit that ripping off laowai is a prevalent Chinese culture. Fluent Mandarin helps tho.
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Ripping off laowai is right. Even with good Chinese (not fluent) and obvious knowledge they quote me higher on everything because I’m white.
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