[Leica] Shanghaied a Shanghai camera in Shanghai

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard F. Man)]

At 03:32 PM 6/22/2004, Karen Nakamura wrote:
>No, unfortunately I only speak about 20 words of Putonghua (Mandarin). In 
>Shanghai, they also have their own special dialect unique to the city.

Ha ha, if my meager Mandarin is good enough, I think Pu tong hua is just 
"common speech." Sort of like "What does <xxx, e.g. Lakota> mean in their 
language" and the answer is usually "The People."

>I can only speak English, Japanese, Japanese Sign Language, and American 
>Sign Language. I'd like to eventually get good enough in Mandarin and 
>Korean to communicate. Which is why I'm here, in part.

Woohoo. Good luck and thanks for your translation about the R-D1 info. I 
myself will be in Naharii in about... 3 weeks. I hope to spend a couple 
days in Tokyo and may be pick a R-D1 up if it is available then :-)


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