Hi, I’m Nathan of Brainfertilizer “Fame”.
I am a Christian, a husband, a father, and a Chiefs fan.
I play guitar, write music (sometimes), and hope to be a professional writer someday.
I’m fluent in Chinese, and will translate for a modest fee.
I’m also in the military, but won’t say more than that, because I don’t want to appear to use my military position to endorse political views and individuals.
4 Comments
September 10, 2008 at 4:30 am
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April 6, 2009 at 6:53 am
Nathan, Good site.
How do we say, *good site* in Chinese?
That is not important. What is important? Its important to recognize the fault of the school system in electing Obama to the presidency.
A sense of history is important. I can name 1000 candidates who would would do more for the community than this messianic figure known as braaack.
Did I mention his name is BRAAAACK ? Rhymes with AAAAAAACK!
I can easily see why so many see him as the savior of humankind. The public schools are at fault.
May 1, 2009 at 10:41 am
I thought China had a few languages with Cantonese being the main one.
May 1, 2009 at 5:34 pm
It depends on what you mean.
You can consider it one language from one point of view: it has the same written language.
But since many of them are mutually unintelligible, they are considered separate languages, effectively.
For instance, someone can understand Italian, even if they’ve never studied it, if they spent enough time studying Spanish.
And there are certainly plenty of words shared by French, Italian, and Spanish.
All the Chinese languages…or dialects, if you prefer…are similarly related.
But in any case, Mandarin is the main one. Cantonese is only spoken in the southern regions. Mandarin is more widely spoken, is the official language of the nation (so everything official is done in Mandarin), and was the language born in the Yellow River valley. By every conceivable definition (except that of a Cantonese speaker, I guess), Mandarin is the main language.