That's my girl

Posted by David on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at 12:12 AM.

An e-mail exchange from earlier today:

From: DAE
To: Miz Becky

...he's sending Sara my piece on bai cai to explain to her why he won't eat cabbage. :-)

From: Miz Becky
To: DAE

I never would have guessed that's how you would spell [bai cai].

From: DAE
To: Miz Becky

it's the pinyin romanization system. it's what I learned. Put that and wade-giles together and you'd have one good romanization system.

From: Miz Becky
To: DAE

or a country-western band's greatest hit: the Wade-Giles Band playing I'll Be Pinyin' for You 'Til You Get Home.