称呼重要吗？
今天在行车途中听到电台DJ说，称呼自己最好不要在自己的名字冠上“先生、小姐、女士” 等称呼（比如“我是陈先生”、“我是林小姐”）这样做是没礼貌的。真是这样吗？……
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我自己本身
Heard a few interviewees on radio/tv responding to the host Heard a few interviewees on radio/tv responding to the host with “我自己本身怎样怎样”, occasionally I also hear experienced speakers doing the same. This a rather unnatural expression in Chinese because “我” ”自己” and “本身” all refer to the same subject “I”……
毡与毯的不同
如果你问任何一位华人，carpet 的华文叫什么，blanket的华文又叫什么，预料你会得到不同的答案，可能是“毯子”，可能是“毡子”，也可能是“被子”。 可是英语分得很清楚啊，为什么华文会这样呢？……
“一”到底怎么读 How to pronounce “one” correctly
[“一”的变调] Tone change of the Chinese character “一”……
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“风和日丽”与“日丽风和”一样吗？
A friend said his son’s Chinese composition wrote the 成语 “日丽风和” but the teacher marked it wrong and scribbled the supposedly correct version “风和日丽” beside it. My friend was perplexed because he was pretty sure that his son is right, but he just didn’t know how to “challenge” the teacher……
咏和詠，傻傻分不清楚
朋友在追剧，对“白色强人”和最近热播中的“超能使者”的女主角唐诗咏印象深刻，所以好奇问了：她的名字繁体是“詩詠”，简体应该是“诗讠永”才对，为什么会是“诗咏”呢，是不是字幕打错了。“詠”和“咏”是异体字关系，简单来说……
“逝世和驾崩”、“享年和享寿”有何区别？
留意到本地、中国和西方的媒体在报道英女王的离世多用“逝世”和“享年”等词，马国、台湾的媒体则多用“驾崩”和“享寿或享耆寿”。这些词都特指人的离世，它们之间有何区别…
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