And in Hong Kong, this acronymn is used as a derogatory word/mild profanity ... So if 'PK' is used with Hong Kong students, you may get a chuckle or two in the classroom ... But being youngsters, they most likely won't mind ...
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-----Original Message-----
From: Youping Han <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:31:24
To:[log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Please Teach
I've asked undergraduate students at Cambridge. They never heard of this
term. How interesting languages can relate to each other. Youping
On Nov 22 2007, Frances Weightman wrote:
>Dear Angelica et al
>
> I am probably showing my age/out-of-touchness here, but I had no idea
> that PK was actually an English term -- I've only ever heard it used in
> Chinese and assumed it derived from an abbreviation of a Chinese dialect
> [such as the notorious LP incident in Taiwan/Singapore couple of years
> ago]. The first I'd heard of PK was from watching the Supergirl series in
> Chinese and working it out from the context / asking Chinese friends.
>
> If it is actually English I don't think it is very commonly used
> (although perhaps other list members can prove me wrong here). If it's
> not English, then it's an interesting example of the way languages relate
> to each other.
>
>Frances Weightman (Leeds)
>
>________________________________
>
>From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of Angel SHA
>Sent: Wed 21/11/2007 00:40
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Please Teach
>
>
>Hi here,
>
> Ipod, Cc(as a quantity measure?) : chinese people nowadays just say these
> two by the english pronunciation;
>
> Good Morning: Zao (3rd tone) shang(4th tone) hao (3rd tone) see you when
> I see you: dao(3rd) shi(2nd) hou(4th) jian(4th) fans as a football fan:
> qiu(2nd) mi(2nd) PK: dui(4th) jue(2nd) (but many, or the majority of
> young people just say in english PK even when speaking Chinese, and a lot
> of chinese know how to use the english PK without knowing the exact
> chinese translation of it)
>
>Do hope the above will be helpful for you:)
>
>Angelica
>
>
> Dear Lao Shi Men,
> How to say the following in Chinese?
> ipod
> Good morning.
> See you when I see you.
> fans as in a football fan
> PK
> Cc
>
>
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Youping Han
Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics
University of Cambridge
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Cambridge, UK, CB3 9DP
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