{"id":1446,"date":"2013-09-17T17:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T00:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2014-11-24T08:46:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T16:46:33","slug":"well-what-really-damn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1446","title":{"rendered":"What? Really? Damn!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Grandmaster<\/em>\u00a0has revived my interest in Mandarin, hence the memory of this imaginary one-sided exchange in English. The four ejaculations \u00a0demonstrate one by one and in order the tones of proper Mandarin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is the full sequence:\u00a0<strong>Well &#8230;. What? \u00a0Really? \u00a0Damn!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First, steady high:\u00a0<em><strong>Well \u2026<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Second, rising:\u00a0<em><strong>What?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Third, quick fall and then rising:\u00a0<em><strong>Really?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Fourth, falling:\u00a0<em><strong>Damn!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My thanks to the daughter of a distinguished professor of English at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, a specialist in Ruskin. She shared this tone-trick with me at a lush\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Lake\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">West Lake<\/span><\/a>\u00a0banquet her father was hosting for our delegation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_1446\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1446\"  data-item_title=\"What? Really? 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