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#28 Podcast- Would you Rather...

Mandarin Monkey Podcast

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Do You Want Bong?

Ting-dong and can the dong is a good example for people, right? Yeah, qi-jini. I mean, again, that's a... That's a prime example of questioning the language and things you find out about your own language, right? You go, oh, actually, yeah, that's... Yeah, you shouldn't say... Yeah, interesting. But if you ask me why you can say ting-Dong, can the dongs, but not ting-dONG-min-by or can-d-min- by, I can't answer you because we don't say that way. So, stick with ting

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