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Title says it all. I want to know everyone's opinion on the black actress for Hermione in J.K.Rowling's new play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. If you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up. It's all over the Internet.
submitted by Leaf of Love
(February 17, 2016 - 4:27 pm)
(February 17, 2016 - 4:27 pm)
No, they are both Chinese languages. They are spoken in China, so they can both be called Chinese. When people say, "Chinese", they are usually referring to Mandarin, the main Chinese language. I've heard this a million times, so if you don't believe me, I don't know what to do.
(February 24, 2016 - 7:28 am)
(February 24, 2016 - 8:54 pm)
@ The Novelist,
Maybe you think I'm overreacting because you didn't grow up in a Chinese family. Me, I am extremely proud of my ethnicity and even talk in Chinese at school, to show I can (I know, I'm a show-off, I can't help it) and I'm sure you're proud of your heritage, too, but you don't understand what it's like to be this proud of your culture. Perhaps I am overreacting, but I will still stand up for my race and I won't keep quiet. I'm not the quiet type. I'm trying type to walk up to bullies and tell them off. It's not in my blood to keep quiet.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
(February 24, 2016 - 9:03 pm)
@Leaf of Love: sorry, I didn't mean to insult. And it's great that you don't like to keep quiet.
I'm actually like that, too. And I'm super-proud of my race, also,
Also, I am very sorry I misunderstoof the meaning of "dialect."
I googled it and your right, Madarin is part of Chinese. I guess what I mean was "dialect is how you say it." So there are many dialects for Mandarin...
(February 24, 2016 - 11:14 pm)
And btw, you're right I don't I do know how it feels to be that proud of my culture . . .
(February 25, 2016 - 2:23 am)
You're forgiven.
And, just because I am a very literal person, I have another thing to correct. There are not so many dialects of Mandarin, there are so many dialects of Chinese. Mandarin is the main dialect of Chinese.
Also, can you ask your friend about the dialect? Because "Chou" certainly isn't "celery" in Mandarin. Is she Taiwanese? Cantonese?
(February 25, 2016 - 3:02 pm)
Oh I keep getting it confused. >.<
(February 25, 2016 - 7:08 pm)
Can you ask your friend about the dialect?
(February 26, 2016 - 7:27 am)
There is no CHO in the Chinese language, but STINKY is Choú.
(February 28, 2016 - 7:14 am)
The way is "Chòu" is pronounced is Choh. Go on Google Translate again and click the audio button, the one where you can hear it pronounced.
And also, in Chinese, the last name comes first and even if Chou Chang means melancholy, which it doesn't, her name is technically Chang Chou which probably means something different.
Besides, I think it's cruel of J.K. Rowling to name a character Melancholy. No one want a name that has a negative meaning.
(February 28, 2016 - 10:09 am)
In this case, yes she would, because it's supposed to illustrate her sorrow (and weepyness) over Cedric's death.
(February 28, 2016 - 7:41 pm)
Eowyn, I completely, whole-heartedly agree with you :)
(February 28, 2016 - 9:59 pm)
Well, a lot of people hate her for that. She's one of my favorite characters, but a lot of people don't like her because she cried so much.
If someone died and I cried over it I wouldn't want to be named for my tears.
And anyways, Chang Cho can't mean melancholy, so it doesn't have a meaning.
(February 29, 2016 - 7:27 am)
Everyone, I'm sorry. My friend emailed me and she said she made a mistake. Chou does mean stinky in Chinese. She asked her mom (who is Asian).
(February 28, 2016 - 11:40 pm)