Phonemes are Phunny

Did I ever tell you about the time I took Chinese in college? That is to say, the 8 long semesters I spent poring over literature ancient and modern, the countless gridded notebooks I filled with character drills, the millions of tiny index cards I created to review radicals and stroke counts, the hours of language cassettes I listened to (for yea, I truly went to college in ye olde darke ages) reviewing tonal shifts? And did I mention my then-roommate's one comment on this activity: "When you speak Chinese, it sounds like "Ching, chong, ching"? No?

Well, never fear. Rosie O'Donnell is ready to remind you of the hilarity of "talky Chinesey."


Obviously, thanks to Gawker for the link.