Thursday, December 15, 2005

A New Look!


The web page has a new look! I collected some pics I took in Taipei and created this banner and hope you folks will enjoy it. BTW, Episode 4 is coming soon! Keep listening and let me know how you like the new banner.

Wan An!

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Taipei? Taibei?

Recently there's a question that really intrigues me. Why is Taipei not "Taibei"? It's actually the first time that came across my mind. I've never used the spelling of "Taibei" as far as I can remember, not that it's not correct(the sounds are definitely correct), because in the pin-yin system this is how you spell it in order to spell for the character "臺北 / 台北(táibĕi)". But the thing is, I just don't think I live in Taibei at the moment. After all, the word isn't just a sound, it's a city with some history behind it.

Let's see how people in the world pronounce this city's name:

Tā'īpa'eتائی پئےUrdu
Taibei
English
TaibeiტაიბეიGeorgian
Taibei臺北 / 台北Chinese
Taibėjus
Lithuanian
Taipé
Taipei

Portuguese
French* (thanks to Ronan's correction)
Taipeh
German
Taipei
Dutch, English
TaïpéiΤαϊπέιGreek
Taipei台北 / タイペイJapanese
Taipei타이페이Korean
Taipeja
Latvian
TajbèjТайбэйBelarussian, Russian
TajpeТайпеBulgarian
Tajpej
Hungarian, Polish
Tajpeo
Esperanto
Tāybāyتايباي / تايباىArabic
Tāybayتايبي / تايبىArabic
TäybeyﺗﻪﻳﺒﯧﻲUyghur
ṬaypeטייפהHebrew
TāypeتايپېPashtu
TāypeتایپهPersian
Taypey
Turkish
ThaipēไทเปThai

(Source: http://www.archinform.net/ort/5192.htm?ID=C76BsqVEWQx9qX4T)

Or you can try Google "taibei" and see what turns out. It actually asks me "Did you mean to search for: taipei "

Wan An!

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Saturday, December 03, 2005

Night 3: Are You Looking 4 Ur Friend?

**Episode 3 is available now!! Click the icon to download or stream it online by visiting my PodcastPickle or Odeo pages.** (and gimme a quick vote!)


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After several struggles of gathering ideas and sorting information, I am finally putting together all the pieces to make a good show for you. I’ve been extremely busy and handling so many projects altogether. All I know is that a man can only do what a man can do… that is: STOP GIVING ME ALL THE EXTRA WORK!!! Don’t expect me to show up on a free-service at 8 o’clock on Saturday morning while I only got home half-dead every Friday night at 11p.m.! And yes, I will try to do something to my jammed-packed schedule. There’s just too much to handle at the moment. I need more time and space. Ok, enough for the bitching.

For the couple of weeks, I successfully (I don’t know if I should say that) got some more emails and comments. Some people suggest me to put out the printable material for reviewing which I agree. So if you out there who need this, please let me know, ok? But considering this is the similar approach that I pick up some basic German and French, I would strongly recommend you to listen to it tons of times. Preferablely 3 times in a row daily! This will deepen your impression and train your ears to get used to the Chinese sound. And in the near future, I will put up a special session focusing on the Chinese tones with its Pin-Yin systems. So stay tuned!

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