> From: "J Y S Czhang"
>
> > >Truely endearing. Haven't heard that one and can't say that I'm
looking
> > forward to it.
>
> > >I love it when the Chinese tell you that these are "terms of
> > >endearment".
>
> > When I said _endearin'_ I meant it sorta tongue-in-cheekie knowin'
> full
> > well that
> > some other Chinese of the grinnin' polite "stone face, black heart"
> > persuasion say these things.
> > *whimper* ... thought ya guys knew me better by now... guess it's
> rather
> > hard to tell in this medium _what is what_, _who is who_, etc. ;)
>
> Czhang:
>
> Dude, I flatter myself to think I know what your intentions are. Your
emails
> seem quite menschlich, and my "slam" was not directed at you personally.
No
> one, myself included, should ever take himself too seriously, and I
> appreciate your humor.
>
> But can we get away from the term "endearment"?
>
> Kou