Today, I was trying to get my girlfriend to speak Mandarin. After speaking her first words and taking a break, she posted on Facebook: "I speak ching chong! :D :D :D" FML
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Teyros 24
Is Ching Chong English for Mandarin?
lux0rd 18
No. Ching Chong is ignorance for Mandarin
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Comments (63)
screweverythin 16
You have no idea how many times I hear this in a day. "Omg you're Asian do you speak ching chong??!!??" Or "if you can speak Chinese then what does this mean? 'rice rice ming mong ching chong ding dong'" Ugh. My point is, ignorant people are everywhere and nothing can be done about it. It happens.
thatweirdasian 22
I completely feel you on this!! I even get asked what "ching chong" means lol ugh
obeykaitlyn 25
same with me! I'm not even Chinese and I don't know how to speak mandarin, but everyone assumes that mandarin is the language that I speak
vOIDmASS 13
That's pretty low, mane
crackfetus420 12
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Your gf is a cool person
Gngr_Grl 26
不对
ohSNAPyall 27
Seems like she has prereqs before she can learn a new language.
cidcarrera 14
That's what you get for teaching her Ching Chong
DamnGina 3
How ugly.
Nazaress 13
What's Mandarin for "dump that racist"?
mmaarrrggoo 19
I think this is the funniest FML i have ever seen.
drayloon 50
Wanna learn to say "thank you" in Mandarin easily? Say "shit" twice without the t's in quick succession, and it'll jus sound like "谢谢", or "xiè xie"
pixiebubz 26
Saying "shit shit" without the T absolutely does NOT sound like "xie xie".
anaphysia 20
While she's learning Mandarin, I highly recommend a course called "Don't Be a Bigot." :D :D :D