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Yup, this "excuse letter" looks exactly like what a victim of a sham trial would write under Stalin or Mao. This is frightening.

• acqq 6y ago
  > this "excuse letter" looks exactly like what a victim of a sham trial would write As far as I see the letter behind the link was written by the "judge" in this "trial": "Geoff Garrett, Dean" -- it's he who wrote: "Professor Greg Patton repeated several times a Chinese word that sounds very similar to a vile racial slur in English. Understandably, this caused great pain and upset among students." Sounds very similar! Say no more!
  • atemerev 6y ago
    Depending on the Mandarin dialect, it can sound almost exactly the same (as many Chinese people had discovered in English-speaking countries). I guess that what’s happened. We Russians are usually told to never say the Russian word for “book” while in the US, or there will be consequences :)
    • tyingq 6y ago
      Seems like you would be okay as long as you emphasized the strong K sound at the front.