But what if you don’t know how to pronounce your order, or are referring to the pictures? All you have to do is point to the picture and say: 我要一份这个。 (wǒ yào yí fèn zhè ge.) I would like one order of this. 份is the measure word for plates or dishes. If you wan...
pronounce due and do identically, but in most British accents those words are pronounced differently. The words boy and buoy have the same pronunciation in England (and therefore are homophones), but not in America.You can be the final judge as to whether certain word pairs are homophones in...
My husband’s name is Michael. Every one of his college friends is also named Michael. I don’t know if the Mikes gravitated together intentionally or not, but that’s what we call them— THE MIKES. We can’t even refer to any of them by name and know who we are talking about. N...