chilton747 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 David you should have learned by now when to keep your opinions and literal truths to yerself. Lawd knows I sure have learned. Next thing you know your wife will be telling you is you don't know squat about China. She already tells me I know nothing about the US Yeah I've dodged that tomato a few times myself. Link to comment
david_dawei Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Don't be so sure about the mythical Santa, either.According to the quantum physicists, old Saint Nick may have been way ahead of his time. He makes all those deliveries in one night by bending space and time, and traveling about using wormholes. Who woulda thunk it? A Star Trek Santa. I betcha Spock knew about this all along. True... if we fold space-time enough times, it will all stack up over itself and a single visit will be all that is needed B) Link to comment
Randy W Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 While you're at it, David, explain to her that the concept of "marriage" in this country includes a "common-law marriage". Link to comment
david_dawei Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 If I use a sentence with the word "law" in it... I'll get the 'stoopid' look, grunt and huff. Link to comment
Randy W Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) If I use a sentence with the word "law" in it... I'll get the 'stoopid' look, grunt and huff. "law" is an English word - "common law" is different. It has more to do with customs. Isn't that what this topic is about? 习惯法婚姻 She may or may not appreciate the 法, but she should understand B) Edited January 13, 2012 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
yemmie Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 "Yes Virginia, there really is a Santa...." Link to comment
david_dawei Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 If I use a sentence with the word "law" in it... I'll get the 'stoopid' look, grunt and huff. "law" is an English word - "common law" is different. It has more to do with customs. Isn't that what this topic is about? Ï°¹ß·¨»éÒö She may or may not appreciate the ·¨, but she should understandI just mean whichever word she 'hears' first will produce the first reaction... my money is that the word "law" will get heard and she'll tune out the rest... and then I'm trying to explain the rest of the words, etc. Starting with another phrase might work better. I could then finish with the idea that we call this "common law". Maybe I'll do a test run and see if I can explain that there really is a Santa Link to comment
david_dawei Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 An update on the schooling issue... We decided since the community college wanted to play the residency game and we technically do not have a china transcript showing she is done with 12th grade ... we decided to try and just get her into 12th grade here... But they claim the rules here are that her break in school has been too long and it is too close to the end of the year that there is no way she can graduate and get a diploma... and due to her break in school plus her age (18), they can't accept her next year... But this did lead to finding cheaper ESOL classes that one can walk to in about 30-40 minutes. We will either try to get a chinese transcript when that school is over (we can't get it prior to school over), or we may have her try to get the G.E.D. Link to comment
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