Today, I learn an interesting local way of telling someone to examine their zippers:
In the Khams dialect of Tbtn, people will say bai huo da lou sgo phyes du gi 'the mall [borrowed from the Chinese] is open.' As a quick note on pronunciation: phyes is pronounced "tsee." Fortunately, I learned these before I went outside with my fly open...
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About TimAs you can see elsewhere on this webpage, I conduct research on ethnic minorities in western China. This blog offers semi-academic musings on the minutiae of daily life out here--the sort of information otherwise destined for footnotes. Categories |