Have you noticed today is 11/12/13? ... In my English class break, all the TaiShan and XinHui classmates spoke their home town language together. I told my classmate next to me that our home towns are not further than 100miles, but I speak a totally different language of them. The classmate, who was from Mongolia asked me where I from and why? I asked what country she was from. Then, I told her that my gran.gran.grandfather hundreds years ago moved from the northern of China, near by Mongolia, to the southern of China, so my hometown language is different to them, the other TaiShan classmates. Suddenly, the Mongolian classmate became upset, she said it was not suppose and not necessary to talk about grand~grand~grandfather and Mongolia your land! The English teacher came by and explained to her that I just wanted to tell her that I might be civilized close to hers. Then at another corner of the classroom, one of the TaiShan classmate, Simon began a Yes/No argument with another Mongolian classmate about Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia. The Mongolian class next to me was mad. ... ... The teacher said stopped this topic. ... ... I know Mongolian are very sensitive about the topic of Mongolia, but after this issue, I think I have to talk carefully or better to zip... ...
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:13:09 +0000
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