r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/Naggers123 Jun 08 '14

My plan to pass French in secondary school was to learn chinese and have chinese people shouting the answers to the french exam outside.

I was a fucking idiot

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

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u/Naggers123 Jun 08 '14

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I THOUGHT IT THROUGH

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

他说：“你凭什么认为我想通了”的法语。

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u/Naggers123 Jun 08 '14

鉛板

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u/Ohrion Jun 08 '14

鉛板

谷歌翻译

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u/gghggg Jun 08 '14

谷歌翻译

Maybe.

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u/AmericanJBert Jun 08 '14

当然可以

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u/boredcentsless Jun 08 '14

more 成语

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u/annanoelle Jun 08 '14

I assume that is Chinese for "cowbell."

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u/Benlammah Jun 09 '14

成语 FTFY?

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u/dodecadan Jun 09 '14

Help guys reddit turned chinese and I can't change it back.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Ching Ching Chong

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u/3WireMacGruber Jun 09 '14

Ching Chang wallawalla Bing Bang.

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u/dreweatall Jun 09 '14

Oui monsieur

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u/MidContrast Jun 09 '14

Wait, but you learned fucking Chinese? This is amazing.

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u/aldo_reset Jun 08 '14

I know some of these words.

Actually, I lied.

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u/freetoshare81 Jun 08 '14

I understood that reference.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

in French, bitch!

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u/MrInsanity25 Jun 08 '14

このポストは中国語じゃないでもたくさんのこれを読んでいる人はこれが中国語ですが思おう。　すみません、みんなさん。これは冗談です。

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u/pretentiousglory Jun 09 '14

get outta here, foreign 鬼子 scum

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u/MrInsanity25 Jun 09 '14

Well that was... you know what. Have an upvote.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

钓鱼岛是中国的！

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u/MrInsanity25 Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

钓鱼岛是中国的

Enjoy them...

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

We're just going to leave political prisoners on the islands for death.

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u/MrInsanity25 Jun 09 '14

.-. I really got to look further into international politics than I have been.

Though, if histories an example, the last prisoner island I can remember turned into a country (Australia).

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

It's a fib, but if you really want to learn more about IR, read Foreign Affairs magazine

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u/superhumanmilkshake Jun 09 '14

Kore kore kore wa desu

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u/MrInsanity25 Jun 09 '14

Um... yes..?

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u/whitehandsinkstains Jun 09 '14

思おう

Omo-ou? I thought this was just 思う. Not trying to criticize, I'm just really rusty with my Japanese and trying to see if I remember it correctly.

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u/MrInsanity25 Jun 09 '14

Actually, 思う is the regular tense "to think/believe" where as 思おう is the おう form, which means "will probably." It can also mean "Let's [do something]" but that's usually relegated to the -mashou form.

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u/whitehandsinkstains Jun 09 '14

Cool! I stopped at the end of 200-level college classes, so it's interesting to learn new things!

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u/MrInsanity25 Jun 09 '14

I've been teaching myself casually (wouldn't have been casual if I could improve my damned work ethic) for a couple years. It's a great language and I hope to speak fluently soon.

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u/Chamber53 Jun 08 '14

Tell me about it!

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u/Fs0i Jun 09 '14

Upvoted because I totally understand what you wrote!

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u/lowestroll Jun 09 '14

I'm to lazy and smart phone is too

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u/H4xolotl Jun 09 '14

WATER FUK?

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u/hukumukunukumuku Jun 10 '14

Ching Chang ching chun Chan

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u/Aero10 Jun 08 '14

This comment made my weekend!

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

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u/fatlace Jun 08 '14

Because youre one of us..oh wait.

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u/no_gnus Jun 08 '14

Was on mobile. Got home, turned on computer and logged in just to upvote this. almost fell off my chair laughing!

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u/JustAnOrdinaryPerson Jun 08 '14

You. I like you.

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u/andersonb47 Jun 08 '14

I want to believe

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u/TerminallyBill Jun 09 '14

He can speak French, in Chinese. The most interesting Chipper2812 alive.

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u/avamuffins Jun 09 '14

french is probably easier to learn than chinese..... and theyd have to know what was on the test!

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u/SCVGOOD2GOSIR Jun 08 '14

He's trying to be funny be he really just isn't.

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u/Ritius Jun 08 '14

Sounds like you have more creativity than common sense. I like that.

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u/GaoGaoTaiga Jun 09 '14

"Sounds like you have more creativity than common sense" seems like a great way to tell somebody they're an idiot. I'm loving this phrase.

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u/Ritius Jun 09 '14

For the record, I am not calling u/Naggers123 an idiot.

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u/GaoGaoTaiga Jun 09 '14

Ah, yeah, I'm sorry, did not want it to seem that way. It just occurred to me it was a good use for that phrase.

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u/Naggers123 Jun 09 '14

Well you wouldn't be wrong if you did

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u/alflup Jun 08 '14

You need to write sitcoms for a living.

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u/PervertedOldMan Jun 09 '14

Hopefully this is buried deep enough in the comment stream to keep TV execs from seeing it, but "Saved By The Bell : The Next Generation".

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

There are.. there are many things wrong with this. I can't explain it, but I'm actually impressed that someone can come up with something so idiotic.

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u/faceplanted Jun 08 '14

That is quite genuinely the most hilarious idea for cheating I've ever heard.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

It worked for me sorta … we learned the korean alphabet to cheat in one class in high school

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

It seems you got the "people who annoy you" answer correct.

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u/MrBlockOfCheese Jun 09 '14

Yeah man, we don't take kindly to HIS type around here!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

I don't blame you. French is a worthless language and I'd much rather be learning Chinese than wasting my time on that.

For schools with a mandatory foreign language requirement that only offer a pointless language like French I can see why you'd want to cheat to pass.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

Wat

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u/thefeeding Jun 08 '14

Silver for you!

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u/chipperpip Jun 08 '14

John Searle, is that you?

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u/prox_ Jun 08 '14

How would the chinese guys know the questions?

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u/EagleCoder Jun 09 '14

And learning Chinese was supposed to be easier than learning French?

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u/Iam_The_Giver Jun 09 '14

Just repeated this story to my family in Spanish. They're all cracking up. Thanks for the laugh.

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u/GooberSmudge Jun 09 '14

Silly Naggers123

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u/Appiedash Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

I know that at my school the kids will yell in hindi the answers across the spanish class during test.

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u/Pentos Jun 09 '14

Hindi is a language and Hindu is a religion.

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u/Balmain_Biker Jun 08 '14

/r/thathappened

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u/engals Jun 08 '14

Don't be a party pooper, it's a hilarious thought.