Elisabeth Maurland on mon 28 nov 11
china Novmber 28. 2011 by ric swenson
Ric,
I love your observations and always read them, but I just have to =3D
correct you on a small thing, and I've heard it before from Americans.
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"Uff da" is absolutely a Norwegian expression. We say it all the time! =3D
But the meaning has changed slightly since arriving in America. In =3D
Norway it has a more sympathetic meaning, as in "That sounds terrible", =3D
while here in America it means something more like "Oops". In Norway, =3D
you don't say it as part of a story, or end a story with it, you say it =3D
TO someone, always, as a sympathetic expression. Thus, you never say it =3D
about something that happens to yourself. If I drop something, I would =3D
never say uff da, but if I see someone else drop something, especially =3D
if it's on their toe, I might say it to them.
Subtleties of language.
Enjoy the nice weather! Iowa is getting cold!
Elisabeth
On Nov 28, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Ric Swenson wrote:
> hi clay buds....
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> so..from....the porcelain capital of the world...
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> 20,000 students here studying ceramics..... ohio state....do you have =3D
so many? How about Stoke -on - Trent? and Alfred? so many sudents =3D
there?
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> heree there are a lot of students who study ceramic art, design and =3D
science......
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> so... I notice many things about ceramics here....teapots spouts.... =3D
have a margin of three to one ...from spout to base...no leakage...no =3D
gurggle..maybe 1 to 6 might be better..the size of the port to the =3D
spout...
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> the shape? usually long and has an end that pushes the liquid =3D
forward...and allows for a NO DRIP conclusion... Try it. a hole for =3D
gravity...or...steam release ...maybe.... blame Newton....or? what?
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> so today in Jingdezhen...I observe...a lot...
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> a scooter..with four people...father driver..on cell phone..before =3D
him a 4 year old child...then the infant ..held by the mother... too =3D
common in this area....dangerous.. no helmets.... in cars...no baby =3D
seats or
> seat belts....horrors for we Americans....deaths too high...but in =3D
China...who cares? no helmets....no protective devices...oy
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> in this simple city it as if we were in 1950 in america....no =3D
worries...
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> but actually no vespas..no cell phones..no idea about the =3D
dangers..uff da
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> some funny stuff....cleaning the streets...every street cleaner has a =3D
cell phone... so do we all...from age 6 to 60...
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> weather now is like spring....25 C in the day.... nice....to 14 at =3D
night....but tomorrow it will be cool...14 C at the day and 2 at =3D
night.
> oye
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> Jingdejhen might be equal to Orlando, FLORIDA..in Latitude. not much =3D
snow... as in Anachorge or Minneapolis.. or Baniff....Canada....
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> I wish some
> one in China would requires seatbelts...........but maybe not yet.
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> hopefully soon.....
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> the weather here changes from 26 to 10 C...cooler these days.
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> why short skirts? hehe global warming...
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> and bras....? Gravity...hehe
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> we have a LOT of ceramic exhibitions from exchange students these days
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> Laos, Cambodia, Norway, Japan, Malasia, India, America, etc..
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> we are international school of more than 20,000 ceramic students =3D
now....oye
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> uff da...as mel would say.....
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> actually uffa da is an american/ norwegian expression...not a =3D
Norwegian expression.
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> so...
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> I observe.....look at life....making ceramics..trimming clay...firing =3D
clay..Japanese methods vs Chinese....different. American =3D
methods...different
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> vive la diference.......
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> we do... what we do....
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> there is difference.........
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> mel to voulkos or solder or leach...or hamada...or Kenzan or =3D
whoever... Ken stevens...fred olsen...or FC Ball...
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> who matters?
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> Maybe only yourself?
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> your own work?
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> just enjoy life.........stoneware or porcelain.. shino...or wood =3D
fire...salt or soda..brown or blue or red...........just enjoy =3D
it..........work it reduction or not...electric at cone..... 5 or cone =
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10 gas...just do it.
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> happy potting guys and gals
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> ric
> .
> Jing De Zhen Ceramic Institute
> Jing De Zhen City,
> Jiang Xi Province
> China
> Mobile: 86-13767818872
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