"Chinese people HATE wordplay" says local man who hasn't been to literally the first class of Chinese 101 and so hasn't heard of the famous poem Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den

[russellsbarbershopquartet@monads.online]

"Chinese people HATE wordplay" says local man who hasn't been to literally the first class of Chinese 101 and so hasn't heard of the famous poem Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@RussellsBarbershopQuartet Is there any culture in the world that actually does hate wordplay? Even the Germans play around with their language, for pete's sake

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@RussellsBarbershopQuartet cf.

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