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2013/12/21 12:17:27瀏覽1567|回應25|推薦43

「文字趣談」的開場白

明天(12/21)要在華府書友會年終同樂會講「文字趣談」,約2030分鐘,(材料充份、伸縮自如),我的開場白如下:

如果您會說二種語言,您就是bi-lingual

如果您會說三種語言,您就是tri-lingual

如果您只會說一種語言,您就是•••

American(美國人•••呵呵,我在嘲諷美國人的外語能力哩

中文字、英文字分屬不同語言系統,以量來•••

 

中文字

9,156字,許慎的《說文解字

47,035字,《康熙大字典》

49,808字,台灣編的[中文大辭典](謝謝笑笑補充)

85,568字,中華人民共和國最新出版的《中華字海》

6,196字,常用字

英文字

470,000 words, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (1993)

1,022,000 words a joint Harvard and Google studyDec 2010

70,000 words,英文常用字

英文字的字數十倍於中文字的字數呢(真不知這是不是美國人外語能力薄弱的原因呀?),這說明了什麼呢?可能至少說明了三件事

1• 相對於中文,英文字、英文語法沒有效率、效能;

2• 相對於中文,英文字、英文語法易學難精;

3• 相對於中文,英文字肯定同義字、類似字太多。 

同義字、類似字太多,導致用字遣詞不易,以下有三例:


Differences of the words

 

Complete vs Finish

What is the difference between Complete and Finish? …

 

When a man marries the right woman, he is COMPLETE.

And when a man married the wrong one, he is FINISHED.

And when the right one catches the man with the wrong one, he is COMPLETELY FINISHED!委屈

Confident vs Confidential

 5th grader Tammy has homework to compare the difference between Confident and Confidential.  He does not know so he asked his dad.

Son: "Dad what's the difference between confident and confidential?"
Dad: "Hmmmm… You are my son, I am confident of that. Your friend Timmy in the neighborhood,” Dad lower the voice, “is actually your brother… that's confidential!"守口如瓶

 

Definition of Tragedy

President Bush would like to see how successfully his “No Child Left Behind Act” (有教無類法案) had been implemented! One day President Bush visited an elementary school in the Northern Virginia. All the kids were so excited to get to meet the President. He began to talk to them and asked them to define the word 'tragedy.'

 

"Well," one girl replied, "my dad’s car ran over my puppy dog last week and it died.  That was a tragedy!"

The President smiled at the little girl and said, "No, sweetie. That was an accident, not a tragedy! Can anyone give it a try?"

A little boy sitting across the room raised his hand and said, "I know! I know! If our bus driver ran off of a cliff and killed everyone!"

The President shook his head and said, "No son. That would be a great loss! Doesn't anyone know of a good example of a tragedy?"

A small girl raised her hand and said, "Well, Mr. President, if you and Laura were in Air Force One and it was hit by a missile and blown to smithereens, most people would think that that was a tragedy!"

"Very good," he said. "And what was your reason for that answer?"

"Well," she said, "It would not be an accident and it sure would not be a great loss!"ROES冏

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茉莉花香
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2013/12/25 18:04
真的有趣! 讀金大俠與格友對話也很有意思!
金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-25 20:39 回覆:
對話、問答很重要,是相互了解、刺激、成長!

古之對話有「論語」、「朱子語類大全」,西方則有「柏拉圖對話錄」、「哥德對話錄」,25年前李敖有本「李敖對話錄」,都很精彩!

我演講時,也喜歡"聽"觀眾、與其互動,增益演講效果、笑果大笑

謝謝茉莉花香來對話、來看對話。

順祝

~~聖誕快樂, 新年如意, 闔家平安, 事事順心~~笑

依萍***
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耶誕祝福喔!!
2013/12/23 12:56

日安,太妙了,有文字趣談,大俠啊!可有詩詞的趣談?期待喔!

金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-24 09:52 回覆:
最近有收到詩詞的英中翻譯,八個版本,挺有趣•••,古哥一尋,UDN也已有人貼出•••瑩瑩就直接去欣賞吧!

http://blog.udn.com/pepper460618/10074764


~~聖誕快樂, 新年如意, 闔家平安, 事事順心~~


笑笑-綠洲 明湖 故鄉情!
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2013/12/23 00:15

讀大俠的格子,笑笑有[室雅何須大,花香不在多]之感!

因大俠佳作推薦的人實際上並不多,但卻異常熱閙,因為忠心

的可愛的美麗的紛絲一二便可!當然笑笑也算老的忠心紛絲啊!

金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-23 07:16 回覆:
笑爹說得好呀•••[室雅何須大,花香不在多]。

往來無白丁,知心三兩人,足矣!

有智者如笑爹遨遊寰宇,還不時來探視鞭策,一人足抵眾傑,光為笑爹寫敝格,就值得了•••何況偶爾還有美麗的紛絲來酸酸辣辣•••呵呵(管她是真美麗還是虛美麗的大笑

老魔王
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2013/12/22 21:48

英文字有這麼多喔? 是把動詞變化也都算進去了吧!?

以前我們高中有個笑話:

高一, boy

高二, playboy

高三, played boy

金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-23 01:17 回覆:
"是把動詞變化也都算進去了吧!?"是啦!

臺北的高中與新竹的高中,(被)玩的就是不一樣•••呵呵害羞

瑩雪
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2013/12/22 21:12

恭喜賀喜閣下成為本格挑戰戲得獎人~!
http://classic-blog.udn.com/lvyaclass/9563679

本格主將贈送本人電子書一集, 需要擱下
告知EMAIL, 如得空請至本人訪客簿留下
EMAIL ADDRESS...謝謝合作, 感恩~!

順祝聖誕快樂, 新年如意~!

金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-23 00:42 回覆:
笑
金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-23 00:51 回覆:
本準備西裝領帶平頭出席頒獎大典,親見格主、DOREMI、小肉球呢•••哦•••原來是到貴格訪客簿就可•••這就去!大笑

笑笑-綠洲 明湖 故鄉情!
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2013/12/22 16:01

搶了頭香之後,笑笑覺得尚有點能力談談字典方面的知識!

大俠在文中談到字典有許慎的說文解字,康熙大字典以及中共編的[中華字海],

獨不談台灣編的[中文大辭典]!其實 《中文大辭典》

全套收錄單字四萬九千八百八字,辭彙三十七萬一千二 ...內容豐富,

全套四十大冊,笑笑就擁有其精裝本十巨冊!特此向大俠報告!

 

金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 23:02 回覆:
笑爹那精裝本十巨冊可當傳家之寶呀!微笑
金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 23:00 回覆:
謝謝笑爹補充,已放入文中!愛你喲!

reaizuguo*😻真正中國
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阿呆呢?
2013/12/22 14:58

蒸包子?

我記得以前家母蒸包子是不用翻的。

放在蒸籠裡蒸就行了,大俠時間會有很多的。

剛剛有個阿呆 怎麼不見了?  誰理你

金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 22:50 回覆:
"阿呆呢?"••• 是、是,我也有看到稱我阿呆的回應,然後又被刪了,不能因為我來自"呆丸",就稱我為阿呆吧?!

可能是我還不夠阿呆、不夠本土,就把我除去阿呆之名•••呵呵

她還會稱我"薄土"的。

瑩雪
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咦...DOREMI...
2013/12/22 11:21
你很搗蛋喔~!你是存心要累死格主是嗎?你沒聽說他正在忙著"秘密蒸包子計畫", 下面一大堆英文, 他是要翻不翻...?
金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 22:27 回覆:
..DOREMI...不算搗蛋啦~!我是吐司、包子通吃咧•••

"蒸包子計畫",I am confident of that. 

"秘密蒸包子計畫",that's confidential.

哈哈

reaizuguo*😻真正中國
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藉機會練習英文啦,哈
2013/12/22 09:45

Chinese Language as the World Language

I can envision the Chinese language will gain popularity to a degree at least equal to English by the second half of this century.  In the meantime, English is becoming more and more Chineselized (I just invented this word :). 

By the way, English is among the worst in the western Europe language family in my opinion.  For instance, the system relating spelling and pronunciation, if there is one, is horrible.  Take a look at what they have in German.

The fact that English has been the "world language" for the last hundred years or so is strictly by accident, and the turning of Chinese language to the world language is inevitable by necessity.


金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 22:19 回覆:
金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 22:20 回覆:
十九世紀,大英帝國以其船堅炮利侵略霸佔世界各地,採殖民主義成其日不落國。日不落國的文化、語言、下午茶,水漲船高,不僅代表著權力,更引領著流行。二十世紀,美帝順勢接手,硬軟兼施,以其硬實力(科技、軍事等)、軟文化(電影、快餐店等),採資本主義、以世界警察之姿,持續其影響力,英文(美式英文)持續流行


中文因中國的經濟力而水漲船高,是肯定的!但若僅靠經濟力強及人口數多,要達到英文積二世紀在全球的深度、厚度、普及度,挺難的!

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2013/12/21 22:46

6000個常用中文字. 好多啊!

不是知道八百個常用中國字即可讀報紙? 上udn, 八百字也夠了吧?!

Apple大概只知四百個字; 其餘是電腦選的.

ps. .... had been implemented.

金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 13:03 回覆:
"6,196字,常用字"•••這是李敖說的字數,我也在別處見過五、六千的數字•••當然"常用字"的界定似乎也有不少模糊地帶!

敬祝Apple闔家聖誕快樂、新春大吉、萬事如意!
金大俠(chin8673) 於 2013-12-22 13:04 回覆:
已更正,謝謝!
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