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工作学习 / 外语学习 / Some Chinese speakers often confuse these words or expressions, while others don'tcarpet vs. rug
corridor vs. hallway
sour vs. sore
to solve vs. to resolve
sandal vs. scandal
How is ... ? vs. How about ...?
-howarddong(侯董);
2012-11-23
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my opinion：most Chinese, not some, have difficulty in distinguishing these words. i am one of them.
-zbeifly(不是爱风尘似被前缘误);
2012-11-23
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historic vs. historical; true vs. real
-howarddong(侯董);
2012-11-23
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查的英文字典，corridor vs. hallway 是一回事。
-huanhuan4(huanhuan);
2012-11-24
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我感觉，听的多了你就会知道，在加拿大，大家说的建筑物里的走廊，甚至包括很窄的那种，一般都用hallway，而不用corridor。但我说的也不一定对。
-heater(美帝苏修);
2012-11-24
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进一步感觉到这不仅仅是词意的问题了, 而是文化问题. 又如, town car 在北美偏偏要叫 limousine, dinner jacket 大家都说成 tuxedo, 我私下觉得挺造作的. 也许北美地广人大, 说话也喜欢财大气粗.
-goingconern(GoingConcern);
2012-11-25
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刚才问了native speaker，town car 是Lincoln车系的一个品牌，跟limousine不是一回事。dinner jacket也跟tuxedo不是一回事。
-huanhuan4(huanhuan);
2012-11-25
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Did you ask a European or a local American/Canadian? It makes huge difference.
-goingconern(GoingConcern);
2012-11-25
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我问的是local Canadian。
-huanhuan4(huanhuan);
2012-11-25
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My thoughts too. I've never heard of dinner jacket.
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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听说过radarange吗?
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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没有。看来还得读多一些。
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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你们家可能有的.
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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有俺也不在乎俺没有读过的词十有八九是偏词。
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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我失声大笑. 那是家喻户晓的微波炉.
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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兵哥, You have limited bandwidth.哈哈哈.
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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I'm very disappointed in you, to say the least. You are a well respected id here, and it is shocking to read this thread. Many of these words are used in everyday English,and are a part of the core vocabulary of an average high school graduate. If this is the standard our so-called best and brightest are setting for the rest of the new immigrants, I really don't know what to say.
-ordinaryone(ok);
2012-11-25
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兵哥是开玩笑的吗.
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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都怪你。
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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Oh oh, can I take it back? Or can I pretend I was joking as well?
-ordinaryone(ok);
2012-11-25
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没关系，都怪老刺，装疯卖傻的，搞得别人也一惊一炸的。
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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Ginseng rooster starts here?
-atomo(德艺双馨);
2012-11-26
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你是刺哥的马甲么？也拿些歪词来糊俺。
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-26
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兵哥， 你还阅人无数呢， 替你脸红。
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-26
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兵哥别在意，那个单词radarange大家都不知道！
-zhousx18(心想事成);
2012-11-25
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刚刚问了一个native speaker, 回答是：“Some people use hallway and some people use corridor. They are the same."
-huanhuan4(huanhuan);
2012-11-25
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俺就不去问北美speaker，因为都是鸡毛蒜皮的事情 ：）
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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Oh yeah! Because you live in a flat and take The Tube to work every day :-).
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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I do live on a flat surface but I take GO train to work.
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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所以你是里士满山人, 不是伦敦人.
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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兵哥这个幽默没领会到：）
-goingconern(GoingConcern);
2012-11-25
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刺哥那种词汇量，也就能 google 一个 radararange 来唬俺。
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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兵哥啊, 这个词我是25年前学的. 我还知道 lorry, layby, caravan呢. 用不着用狗搜的. 英语有一定的地域性和时间性, 你我不知道或没见过的不见得没有或不存在.
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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刺哥不要不服气就找些歪词来唬俺。你不齿的那些纪阿姨词汇据网友说都是同事伊妹儿里用的，所以不是偏词，虽然你不知道。
-wincity(红卫兵);
2012-11-25
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其实这些你认为是歪词的实在是常用不过的英语单词了, 只不过北美很少见到罢了. 英国人或者多数欧洲人只要会开车,没有不知道这些我们在北美叫truck, rest area/ service area, trailer...
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$);
2012-11-25
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"corridor train", cannot be replaced by hallway...
-nuanxin(nuanxin);
2012-11-27
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hiccup vs. burp; quick vs. fast vs. rapid; junk vs. garbage
-howarddong(侯董);
2012-11-26
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原因1)错别字，和教育程度有关，母语人士也会犯。2）错音字/用法错误，和非母语学习程度有关。3）习惯用语，和本土外乡及文化有关，纽约客在伦敦说 Hi 就是乡巴佬一个。Washroom 到了南边就变成了restroom. 以上三点错误，皆不限于Chinese.
-nowunderstood(明白了 );
2012-11-26
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