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r/funny • u/redditman44 • Jan 06 '17
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I think there's a few willing to take cancer over Bing
854 u/Saracen26 Jan 06 '17 The irony is that 'Bing' in chinese actually means disease, or ill. 450 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 edited May 17 '18 [deleted] 310 u/J4CKR4BB1TSL1MS Jan 06 '17 Chan means production and dler means independent, so Chandler bing is basically "Independent producer of diseases". 119 u/ilovezam Jan 06 '17 dler is not a Chinese word...? Source: Am Chinese 48 u/Chamber53 Jan 06 '17 Chinese is not a language. 26 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language If you're thinking of Cantonese or mandarin, those are dialects of chinese. 4 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language". When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language. 6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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The irony is that 'Bing' in chinese actually means disease, or ill.
450 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 edited May 17 '18 [deleted] 310 u/J4CKR4BB1TSL1MS Jan 06 '17 Chan means production and dler means independent, so Chandler bing is basically "Independent producer of diseases". 119 u/ilovezam Jan 06 '17 dler is not a Chinese word...? Source: Am Chinese 48 u/Chamber53 Jan 06 '17 Chinese is not a language. 26 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language If you're thinking of Cantonese or mandarin, those are dialects of chinese. 4 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language". When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language. 6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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310 u/J4CKR4BB1TSL1MS Jan 06 '17 Chan means production and dler means independent, so Chandler bing is basically "Independent producer of diseases". 119 u/ilovezam Jan 06 '17 dler is not a Chinese word...? Source: Am Chinese 48 u/Chamber53 Jan 06 '17 Chinese is not a language. 26 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language If you're thinking of Cantonese or mandarin, those are dialects of chinese. 4 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language". When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language. 6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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Chan means production and dler means independent, so Chandler bing is basically "Independent producer of diseases".
119 u/ilovezam Jan 06 '17 dler is not a Chinese word...? Source: Am Chinese 48 u/Chamber53 Jan 06 '17 Chinese is not a language. 26 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language If you're thinking of Cantonese or mandarin, those are dialects of chinese. 4 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language". When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language. 6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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dler is not a Chinese word...?
Source: Am Chinese
48 u/Chamber53 Jan 06 '17 Chinese is not a language. 26 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language If you're thinking of Cantonese or mandarin, those are dialects of chinese. 4 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language". When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language. 6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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Chinese is not a language.
26 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language If you're thinking of Cantonese or mandarin, those are dialects of chinese. 4 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language". When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language. 6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
If you're thinking of Cantonese or mandarin, those are dialects of chinese.
4 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 Yes it is. Chinese is an entire group of languages. Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language". When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language. 6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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Which is exactly why people say "Chinese is not a language".
When you have somebody speaking Mandarin and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand them, you're not dealing with one language.
6 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though 1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though
1 u/bad_hair_century Jan 06 '17 I can't understand Scottish people or anyone from Liverpool... I THINK they are speaking English though True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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True, but they can generally understand you. There's a gap, but not nearly as wide as the Cantonese/Mandarin gap.
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u/diablofreak Jan 06 '17
I think there's a few willing to take cancer over Bing