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May 6, 2011
Useful Descriptive Phrase
Many years ago, I called the home of my Chinese-speaking nieces. This was before they started learning English and before I started learning their dialect of Chinese. After the call was over, the eldest niece asked, "Who was that on the phone?"
"That was Uncle Raymond."
"Oh, I want to talk to Uncle Raymond!"
Her mother replied, "That'd be like a chicken talking to a duck."
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