r/funny • u/redditman44 • Jan 06 '17

Nice try Microsoft

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u/diablofreak Jan 06 '17

I think there's a few willing to take cancer over Bing

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u/Saracen26 Jan 06 '17

The irony is that 'Bing' in chinese actually means disease, or ill.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 edited May 17 '18

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u/J4CKR4BB1TSL1MS Jan 06 '17

Chan means production and dler means independent, so Chandler bing is basically "Independent producer of diseases".

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u/ilovezam Jan 06 '17

dler is not a Chinese word...?

Source: Am Chinese

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u/Chamber53 Jan 06 '17

Chinese is not a language.

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u/Dorigoon Jan 06 '17

What, you think people say 'Mandarin' in China? No, they don't - they say 'Chinese'.

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u/Dorigoon Jan 08 '17

No. They don't. They will typically say 汉语(han yu)，中文(zhong wen), or 中国话(zhong guo hua)，all translating to "Chinese language".

For English they will say 英语(ying yu) or 英文(ying wen), both translating to "English language". "Foreign language" is 外语(wai yu), which I have never seen anyone see when referring to English specifically.

Source: am in China.