i am very tickled by cindy's latest chinese entry, on confusing a case of gastric with love at first sight. nanren is such a intrinsically funny thing to say in chinese. incidentally, as i am asking julian, why is it you can say nanren! or nu:ren! but not in english? well i guess you can say, woman! in english. addy often hollers that at me when she sees me online, and cindy and poach say it too, poach usually says that as she taps the table to get my attention, cindy usually pokes you in the arm while saying that. von has said it on occasion but only in the manner of woman thy name is frailty (as in, you want to buy what?! i think the woman is mad!) i think there should be an english equivalent of nanren, don't you?