{"id":135,"date":"2008-08-15T16:45:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T23:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2014-05-01T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T20:37:30","slug":"english-takes-a-turn-on-china-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/english-takes-a-turn-on-china-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"English Takes a Turn on China Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"

English is pretty much the international language and it takes many shapes around the world. In China, it takes turns that are sometimes hard for a native English speaker to follow.<\/p>\n

Following are photos of signs that we have taken along our California Native tours of Yunan Province in China<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although they don’t follow our idea of English, we are sure that the persons who made the signs speak English much better than we speak Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
From a hotel in Dali:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From a hotel in Beijing:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On a street corner in Lijiang:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sign leading to a temple at the top of a hill in Lijiang:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sign at Leaping Tiger Gorge:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sign at Wild Elephant Preserve in Jing Hong:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This sign was intended to warn visitors of slippery salt on the trail:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Traveling through China, especially in the more off the beaten path areas, is always fascinating. And rarely visited Yunan Province<\/a>, spanning an area from the tropics to the Himalayan highlands, is home to more ethnic groups than any other province in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

English is pretty much the international language and it takes many shapes around the world. In China, it takes turns that are sometimes hard for a native English speaker to follow. Following are photos of signs that we have taken along our California Native tours of Yunan Province in China. Although they don’t follow our … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “English Takes a Turn on China Tours”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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