Picture Doug Kanter for The New York Times.Groping is emboldened by some department store in Beijing. For most guys and some girls, shopping can be tedious and boring, so how about mix it up and kick it up a notch with groping? This is genius retail marketing.
No Spitting on the Road to Olympic Glory, Beijing Says, by Jim Yardley, April 17, 2007.
Awesome English! I mean awful English. I wanna be a teacher of English in China when I retire at the age of 55. What a "pleasanty" experience it's gonna be!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why the jpeg is not displaying, wonder if it's because the NYTIMES has some stamp there. But I am sure yesterday was okay.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, we are all here to learn. I actually looked up the word "grope" and none of the meaning refers to the meaning that I am aware of, that's grabbing women's breasts sexually. So I guess they just consult some dictionary and go with it.
You're right. I've actually downloaded and saved the picture in my PC.
ReplyDeleteIn court, I think I'd also use "feel up" to mean "grope", both words meaning to fondle sexually.
According to an article wrote of a local writer, "To Kit", the foreign English Teachers, in both Shanghai and Beijing, have a quite comfortable and active social live in the "Bar street" or "Lan Kwai Fong" of Beijing. That's the man's paradise. But...you had better forget about it, Pam would like you go
ReplyDeleteI mean Pam wouldn't let you go, you future will be in Tsuen Wan only
ReplyDeleteI WILL emigrate to my second fatherland, the Land of Smiles, when I retire, and perhaps teach non-native English in Kolak or Chiang Mai.
ReplyDeleteOK, now start save your money, forget about your so called "Education Fund", buy a small home in Bangkok, let's have a gathering in Bangkok....but you have to wake up, Pam wouldn't let you go
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