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