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Akima:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 09 Apr 2014, 23:47 ---As Akima said else where the translation works out, but is still probably terrible Chinese.
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Yes, it is. "Work together" is just the meaning of the individual characters, it's not really proper Chinese at all. A more correct way to say "Let's work together!" would be 共同努力吧 (gòngtóngnǔlìba).
--- Quote ---I've never heard the bit about Carlson's time with the 8th Route Army before.
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Well... That is probably because 8th Route Army was communist, and after the way nobody wanted to talk about that in the USA.
GarandMarine:
I'm thinking it's more a time/speed thing. The bit about the coops is true, and we're indoctrinating new Marines when we're teaching this stuff, so of the two units we're going to focus on the Marine Raiders.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 09 Apr 2014, 18:02 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Apr 2014, 16:09 ---Today I learned that "gung ho" is from Chinese and that I've been wrong about its meaning for decades.
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What did you think it meant/where it came from?
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I had no idea where it came from and had believed it meant something more like "militaristic" or "trigger-happy".
Today I learned what strike anchors are and how to install them.
GarandMarine:
Jingoistic is more what you're looking for there.
Is it cold in here?:
Today I learned how to install a Bosch Evolution wiper blade on a VW Rabbit. It involves taking a part that is hinged to turn only one way and turning it the other way.
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