Did anyone else see them trying to teach chinese on TV?

Question

I think it was on MSNBC?

correct me if i'm wrong,

but apparently they did a horrible job pronounching it, and they even had the wrong words

The Chinese wouldn't even be able to understand what the h**l they were trying to say..

wow.

Answer 1

Yea I saw it. I think it's BS

Answer 2

See for yourself:

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-u...

1. Gongxi = Congratulations [Al pronounces "Gong" in Gongxi like the English word "gong"]

2. Jiayou = [literally means "to add fuel". It means "Make an effort go move faster", etc...] "Go for it!", etc...

3. This third one is nonsense.

Yu san [Al pronounces "Yu" the same way as the English "You".] = umbrella.

5.Chinese people never say "TGIF" or "Happy Weekend". They people just translated word for word "Happy Weekend" [zhou mo kuai le] to make these American anchors happy [and to make a fool of themselves on Beijing TV.]. There's nothing happy about it: It's just two days off from work or school. And they said "zhou mo kuai le" wrong! Anchors: Julie Chen, Meredith Veiera, Matt Lauer, & Al Roker

6. Matt Lauer to Al Roker: "How do you say 'Happy Weekend' and 'Can I borrow your umbrella?' "

My friend actually saw this and said it's funny, but they pronounce it horribly.