A student of mine pointed me to this link on “corporate slogans and cross-cultural misunderstanding”:http://moronland.net/moronia/moron/1064/. It’s a fun little piece that will be great to teach with in the future.
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After which, you can have them search “bite the wax tadpole site:snopes.com” and learn about the culture of amatuer folklorists.
“Bite the Wax Tadpole” does seem like a great name for a band.
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Luckily, now that I am taking Chinese, I can actually spin this one out for them myself…. once I get a briefing from the SEB, at least.
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