China opens mega-rong blidge

[topless_mike]

So, China now opens teh rongest blidge spanning water.
How rong do you think it wirr be befole this thing corrapses?

rinky hele (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080501/sc_afp/chinaconstructionbridgeroad)

[RAAMONE]

its not the longest bridge spanning water




and chinese people are smart so i give it a couple hundred years

[pennington]

So, China now opens teh rongest blidge spanning water.
How rong do you think it wirr be befole this thing corrapses?

rinky hele (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080501/sc_afp/chinaconstructionbridgeroad)

"That's not funny"

http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_daveh/jvelvis.jpg

[Death Metal Moe]

"We're not funny"

http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_daveh/jvelvis.jpg

Fixed it for ya.

[johnniehardrock]

wow that bridge is rearry rearry wrong

[Furtherman]

Glorious! You can even hear the Yangtze River Dolphin clicking for jo.....


oh wait, no you can't. Ever again.

[Jujubees2]

How long? Remember these are the same people who built the Great Wall and it's still standing!

[topless_mike]

its not the longest bridge spanning water


from the article
Presented as the "world's longest sea bridge", the 36-kilometre (22-mile) structure connects Jiaxing city near

[joethebartender]

But...DO THEY HAVE EZ PASS??? (or do you have to stop to pay the torr?)

[RAAMONE]

from the article

from the article

"It is slightly shorter than the 38.4-kilometre Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge in the southern United States, which is often billed as the world's longest."

[topless_mike]

from the article

"It is slightly shorter than the 38.4-kilometre Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge in the southern United States, which is often billed as the world's longest."

missed that teh first and 2nd time i read the article.






you sir, are correct.

[Knowledged_one]

missed that teh first and 2nd time i read the article.






you sir, are correct.

dont you mean you sir are collect?

[angrymissy]

from the article

"It is slightly shorter than the 38.4-kilometre Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge in the southern United States, which is often billed as the world's longest."

USA! USA! USA!

[A.J.]

from the article

"It is slightly shorter than the 38.4-kilometre Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge in the southern United States, which is often billed as the world's longest."

Jeff will be pleased to hear that.

[underdog]

You know what I don't get? People who, when doing the asian stereotype, substitute L for R.

The stereotype is based upon a lot of asian language speaking people having trouble pronouncing our L.

"mega-rong blidge" doesn't even make any sense. Is the stereotype supposed to be that Asian people are L and R specific dyslexics?

[FUNKMAN]

How rong do you think it wirr be befole this thing corrapses?


not sure, it may take a while before we find a chink in it's armor

[ChrisBrown]

You know what I don't get? People who, when doing the asian stereotype, substitute L for R.

The stereotype is based upon a lot of asian language speaking people having trouble pronouncing our L.

"mega-rong blidge" doesn't even make any sense. Is the stereotype supposed to be that Asian people are L and R specific dyslexics?

The stereotype comes from Americans mistaking other Asians for Japanese. There is no 'l' sound in Japanese and most have a hard time pronouncing it. I had a Japanese roommate in university who would say 'erection' each time he meant to say 'election'. It was pretty funny and there are tons of jokes along the lines of this misunderstanding. Chinese, however, has the 'l' sound and Chinese speakers have no problem pronouncing 'long'. I agree that the "mega-rong blidge" joke doesn't make sense. It would have been mildly funny (kind of...not really) if it was a Japanese bridge.

[DolaMight]

The stereotype comes from Americans mistaking other Asians for Japanese. There is no 'l' sound in Japanese and most have a hard time pronouncing it. I had a Japanese roommate in university who would say 'erection' each time he meant to say 'election'. It was pretty funny and there are tons of jokes along the lines of this misunderstanding. Chinese, however, has the 'l' sound and Chinese speakers have no problem pronouncing 'long'. I agree that the "mega-rong blidge" joke doesn't make sense. It would have been mildly funny (kind of...not really) if it was a Japanese bridge.

way to go Topless Mike, you brew it.

[Furtherman]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080501/i/ra88505215.jpg?

Wow, look at that slope.

[underdog]

The stereotype comes from Americans mistaking other Asians for Japanese. There is no 'l' sound in Japanese and most have a hard time pronouncing it. I had a Japanese roommate in university who would say 'erection' each time he meant to say 'election'. It was pretty funny and there are tons of jokes along the lines of this misunderstanding. Chinese, however, has the 'l' sound and Chinese speakers have no problem pronouncing 'long'. I agree that the "mega-rong blidge" joke doesn't make sense. It would have been mildly funny (kind of...not really) if it was a Japanese bridge.

Is it just Japanese? Because I remember my korean aunt having a lot of trouble with Ls. She also had trouble with a lot of other American words, including her own son's name.

And she made us eat korean food for Thanksgiving. I hate her.

[EliSnow]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080501/i/ra88505215.jpg?

Wow, look at that slope.

It looks like a bridge to heaven.

[ChrisBrown]

way to go Topless Mike, you brew it.

good one! I didn't want to come across like I had a stick up my ass or anything. I like a good erection/election joke as much as the next guy. It's just that Chinese generally have less of a problem with the 'l' sound as the Japanese do. They have their own ways of mispronouncing that are fun to make fun of, though.

[ChrisBrown]

Is it just Japanese? Because I remember my korean aunt having a lot of trouble with Ls. She also had trouble with a lot of other American words, including her own son's name.

And she made us eat korean food for Thanksgiving. I hate her.

Good point. I don't know about Koreans. Sounds like they do have a problem with 'l'. I was thinking of Chinese. Now that I think of it, I can remember some Chinese with problems with the 'l' but it is pretty unusual. My only point is, there are lots of Chinese words with 'l' in them so it usually isn't a problem. I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all. I just know that many times when people are imitating Chinese accents, they actually sound closer to Japanese speakers.

[DolaMight]

http://www.foundrymusic.com/common_images/member_galleries/33_072620071053431185461623109.jpg

Wow, look at that slope.

It looks like a bridge to heaven.

QFT

[furie]

USA! USA! USA!

Is it sad that I've never heard of this bridge?

[A.J.]

Wow, look at that slope.

Rude and rude!

[sailor]

How long? Remember these are the same people who built the Great Wall and it's still standing!

but, these same folks built the banqiao dam

[Bob Impact]

Good point. I don't know about Koreans. Sounds like they do have a problem with 'l'. I was thinking of Chinese. Now that I think of it, I can remember some Chinese with problems with the 'l' but it is pretty unusual. My only point is, there are lots of Chinese words with 'l' in them so it usually isn't a problem. I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all. I just know that many times when people are imitating Chinese accents, they actually sound closer to Japanese speakers.

Nothing makes a joke funnier than over anaryzing it.

[topless_mike]

The stereotype comes from Americans mistaking other Asians for Japanese. There is no 'l' sound in Japanese and most have a hard time pronouncing it. I had a Japanese roommate in university who would say 'erection' each time he meant to say 'election'. It was pretty funny and there are tons of jokes along the lines of this misunderstanding. Chinese, however, has the 'l' sound and Chinese speakers have no problem pronouncing 'long'. I agree that the "mega-rong blidge" joke doesn't make sense. It would have been mildly funny (kind of...not really) if it was a Japanese bridge.

sorry larry literal.

[Bob Impact]

sorry larry literal.

rarry riterar?

[underdog]

rarry riterar?

That actually makes sense.

If you're going to make a retarded joke based off of a dumb, ignorant stereotype, at least get the fucking stereotype right.

[sr71blackbird]

This is long on many revels

[scottinnj]

if you drive across the bridge, willl you feel like you have to cross it again two hours later?

[PapaBear]

if you drive across the bridge, willl you feel like you have to cross it again two hours later?
If I was convinced to drive it, I'd be going about 10MPH. Two hours later, I wouldn't even be halfway across.

[underdog]

if you drive across the bridge, willl you feel like you have to cross it again two hours later?

I laughed.

[joethebartender]

If I was convinced to drive it, I'd be going about 10MPH. Two hours later, I wouldn't even be halfway across.

PapaBear....Not big on take-out...Ahh PapaBear....

I laughed too.

[joethebartender]

The stereotype comes from Americans mistaking other Asians for Japanese. There is no 'l' sound in Japanese and most have a hard time pronouncing it. I had a Japanese roommate in university who would say 'erection' each time he meant to say 'election'. It was pretty funny and there are tons of jokes along the lines of this misunderstanding. Chinese, however, has the 'l' sound and Chinese speakers have no problem pronouncing 'long'. I agree that the "mega-rong blidge" joke doesn't make sense. It would have been mildly funny (kind of...not really) if it was a Japanese bridge.

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[A.J.]

The Bahrain-Qatar Causeway will top this one (http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=200805085812).

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/myfiles/Images/2008/05/08/fp01-big.jpg

[Jujubees2]

The Bahrain-Qatar Causeway will top this one (http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=200805085812).

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/myfiles/Images/2008/05/08/fp01-big.jpg

Jesus, looks like Bahrain and Dubai (The Palms, Burj Dubai, etc.) are fighting to see who can spend the most money on construction.

[A.J.]

Jesus, looks like Bahrain and Dubai (The Palms, Burj Dubai, etc.) are fighting to see who can spend the most money on construction.

Qatar too. The skylines of Manama, Doha and Dubai are all cranes. The thing they really need to do is improve the roads. The buildup is too fast to handle the small roads they have now.

[biggestmexi]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l200/biggestmexi/asian20ghostbuster.jpg