"English will become more like Chinese in other ways, too. Some grammatical appendages unique to English (such as adding do or did to questions) will drop away, and our practice of not turning certain nouns into plurals will be ignored. Expect to be asked: "How many informations can your flash drive hold?" In Mandarin, Cantonese, and other tongues, sentences don't require subjects, which leads to phrases like this: "Our goalie not here yet, so give chance, can or not?"" - Ana

This article was fascinating. Reshared from Chris's feed. For once, I wish that our FOAFing were less aggressive so I could just "like" it and more people would see it... - Ana

Having spent time in Malaysia & Singapore, Chinglish is already the dominant language but not just Chinglish but throw in a bit of Hakka, a bit of Hokien, a sprinkle of Malay and you have thousands of variants based on an English kernel. metaphorically, English will become Facebook and the variations of English will become the mob wars or super pokes. Even though you may not understand it completely, you get the gist and understand why others use it. - Dedric

Can I enshrine that in some sort of metaphor hall of shame? :) - ⓞnor

I'd rather you didn't. Not my best work. - Dedric

Absolutely awesome. - j1m

Totally Johnny Quest. Too bad they don't hover, but that's awesome enough as it is! - Tad Donaghe

That is... awesome... - Daniel Bruce

I'll see your Chinese commandos and... raise you Roman Centurion dudes: http://lucylc.smugmug.com/gall... - Richard Chen

""The magnitude of the pollution in Beijing is not something we know how to deal with. It's a foreign environment. It's like feeding an athlete poison," said a respiratory expert assisting American marathoners." - Ana via Bookmarklet

There were obviously concerns before the L.A. games about pollution but proved to not be an issue. Athens also had its pollution issues four years ago. Tibet is the biggest potential for disaster as I guarantee a medal winner will make some sort of podium protest a la Tommie Smith's black power salute at the 68 Games. - Chris Reed

I am looking so forward to the London games and plan to be there... - Chris Reed

你~好~ - gamcat

Beijing's air is much worse than Los Angeles or Sacramento. Delhi gives it a run for its money, though. For example (from a couple years ago): http://www.iht.com/images/2006.... People notice different things, and the air varies from day to day and week to week, so subjective impressions vary. - ⓞnor

but you HATE katee. - eviltom

we also watch on Tivo and when I'm ready to talk about thing I figure everyone else is past those things already. I also loved Katee/Joshua's routine, also Twitch and Kherington's! And as for the judging last week, I didn't care which of the boys went though I would have preferred if Thayne left (I don't think it will be long for him anyway). But with the girls I think they got it wrong! I think Chelsea is a much better dancer than Kourtni, I don't think Kourni is that great a dancer at all. - Rachel L Fisher

I know, I am warming to her though... - Ana

what?! you cant hate a person and they say that you're warming up to her. you are either with her or you're against her. i think george bush said that. - eviltom

Yes, I guess she could be as evident last night with her Samba! - paisano

Am I the only one who didn't like that argentinian tango at all? She looked like she was in terrible shape--at least, she didn't look like she had the physique of a dancer. - Ana

I am honored to sit next to him. - Ana

Reshared from Chris (give credit where credit is due they say), but this, Brian, is just to prove that you don't have the monopoly on bear stories! :) - Ana via Bookmarklet

What a hero - Parvez Halim

that is humanity at its finest, and maybe craziest, right there. - Geoff Schultz

dumbass. :) - Albert Cheng

OK even though the bear was darted, cojones of steel. - John Samuelson

Ah, private rooms. - Ana

i'll bet ana has super user access and can read our private rooms at will. - eviltom

But would she really want to read some private rooms is the question! - Geoff Schultz

the private room called "I hope Ana doesnt read this private room" might be too tempting to resist. - eviltom

"Photographs in the Chinese media showed rickety wooden boats overflowing with green mounds of algae collected from the sea. One photo showed a young boy crouched on a beach beside piles of the leafy glop as a dump truck carried off a large load of algae. State media reported that 100,000 tons of the algae had already been taken out of the water." - Ana via Bookmarklet

that's awesome - let's just have the track team enter the competition and run the boats across the mountains of algae. - Steve Craft

Can I be the staff photographer? - Thomas Hawk

Awesome times two! - Wm Scott Rees

haha! I wish more work places were like this. - Tsega D

I'd like to be the senior vice associate president of all things that the senior executive vice director of vp coordination and vision doesn't see. - Robert Scoble

Nice job title Paul! Did you try to max out the characters that would fit? :) - Alex Barbara

This one is just calling to you Tom. Have at it. - Ana via Bookmarklet

"“We want to maintain the personal nature for discussions, so we are trying to make FriendFeed continue to grow while still providing each person his or her own community,” Buchheit said." - Ana via Bookmarklet

silly question: where's the "best of" ff feature people talk about? - Marcos Marado

Marcos, it's in the top right of your FriendFeed home page. For example, here's a "best of the day" link: http://friendfeed.com/summary?... - Tony Ruscoe

AH! Silly me... Thank you very much! - Marcos Marado

Congrats! - Mike Wills

Congrats! - Dana Franks via twhirl

Congrats!!! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

awesome, congrats - D 'gadget' Domingo

Congratulations!!! - Joe Dawson

And here I thought you were referring to the boot you had to wear on your bum foot. - Ana

"The heightened sense of alert over security threats in the capital has done something else too: it has spawned a huge number of rumors about other actions the government may or may not be taking. Among them: a border region with North Korea has been closed to prevent security risks; foreign students and migrant workers are being asked to leave Beijing during the Olympics; all volunteers need to register with the police; bars will be forced to close early; and all outdoor parties planned for the three-week-long Olympic celebration have been banned, putting the hex on some of the entertaining events that had been planned for the Games." - Ana via Bookmarklet

The entire thing is embarrassing. - Sacca

Well, I guess our Olympics in 2012 may be seen as a success by comparison! Go Boris! - Prolific Programmer

Oh God - I forgot that Boris Johnson might have a hand in the event :( - David W

The article mentions 100000 troops/police/security being dispatched for the Games. In China I've heard 250000.... - darren

"More expensive -- and more effective -- at cutting traffic will be the country's new gasoline prices, which rose by a record 17 percent yesterday." - Ana via Bookmarklet

Everything is a short term solution . Can we seriously look at some long term solutions to reduce the pollution ? There're lots of average people's life being significantly impacted because of Olympics , while no so many foreigners will buy the effectiveness of the short term solutions . Obviously a lose-lose situation . - Richard Mao

"What an amazing example for today's young women who aspire to fail spectacularly at the highest levels." - Ana via Bookmarklet

According to Jim, "woah". - Ana via Bookmarklet

You could be. - RAPatton

This is impossible to listen to without moving some part of your body to the beat (in my case, my head). - Kevin Fox

She and I bonded and became friends b/c we shared the same name and spelling. I'm going to her show in Oakland next weekend. I'd have gone to her show in NY on Saturday at COSM if Christian and Tom weren't so lame, and hating on my plans to be ferociously social ;) - Ana

Ross is working on a secret project. Enough said. - Bret Taylor

I wonder if FriendFeed stickers could become the "official adhesive product for do it yourself gadget-eers" - Robert Seidman

http://www.cafepress.com/frien... - Dan Hsiao

sdfsdfsdf - FaceySpacey

Ross! This live video feed rocks! Only problem with living vicariously through you is that I have much less time to live vicariously through myself. Mini golf and organic yogurt through your eyes is just too entertaining ... - Tom

Have I mentioned that I love Joe Biden? - Ana

joe biden puts america to sleep. - eviltom

At least he doesn't keep waking us up with those 2 am phone calls. - Jim Norris

An editorial in the People's Daily... as close as one gets to an official statement by the CCP. - Ana

FriendFail! http://friendfeed.com/e/2ee648... - Jim Norris

Wait, these are not the same things. Your post was an article in the IHT *about* the editorial in the People's Daily. Mine was the actual editorial! - Ana

"For the past 15 years, he shelled out a substantial amount of money for one dreadful memory after another (with the exception of an improbable playoff run in 2002). What made him keep sending those checks with no daylight in sight? He hoped for another game like the famous Bird-Dominique duel in 1988, when Larry had come through enough times that you could actually feel it coming before it happened. After that masterpiece of a sporting event -- really, it was a life experience -- we were too wired to head right home, so we found an ice cream shop called Bailey's in Wellesley and ordered a couple hot fudge sundaes. I don't think we said anything for 20 solid minutes. We just kept eating ice cream and shaking our heads. What could you say? Can you put something like that into words? We were speechless. We were drained. We were lucky." - Ana

Whenever Bill Simmons writes about his dad, I always get a little choked up :) - Ana

This is as close as one gets to an official statement by the Chinese Communist Party about the Obama campaign - an editorial in the People's Daily. - Kerim Friedman

"Mr. Ma also repeated his demand that China remove the more than 1,000 short- and medium-range missiles that it has aimed at Taiwan. Their removal is needed before any peace talks can begin to end the legal state of hostility that has persisted since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, he said." - Ana

These negotiations will be quite interesting to follow. - Anne Bouey

"Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.   Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write,   Charles's friend..." - Jim Norris

Jesus is my exception - Ana

I hereby grant you irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to pronounce, spell, and punctuate ⓞ however you like. So there. - ⓞnor

Don't let this info get out Jim, as an English major in a tech field you're endangering my job security. Composing a sentence makes me a Golden God here. - Steve Craft

I'm going to start calling you "ⓞ⊽" - Jim Norris

LOL! Who said that? - Erica Baker

Classic - Mark Krynsky

my husband does that all the time and i call him on it and he starts laughing ... hehehehe! - Susan Beebe

I think I might have already said that today... - Clare Dibble

Futurama FTW! That show never gets old. - Kevin D. White