Comments on: New Blog: KTV Xiaojie

By: David on Formosa » Links 7 January 2008

David on Formosa » Links 7 January 2008 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:48:45 +0000

[...] Todd points out a new blog KTV小姐 (KTV Xiaojie), which has lyrics for Mandarin songs in pinyin. [...]

By: Todd Alperovitz

Todd Alperovitz — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:09:30 +0000

Holly – Thanks for the kind words. I know what you mean about the search engine results. The handful of songs I romanized usually get more than their fair share of hits.

Carrie – Don’t thank me, thank Holly!

Bebe – Thanks a lot! It’s pretty rare that someone from outside the Taiwan English blogsphere stops in and leaves a comment. Your words are very encouraging!

By: Bebe

Bebe — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:50:58 +0000

hello! i am currently in the states, but i do also often travel back and forth between taiwan… having been there for so much of my life, i surprisingly haven’t seen many of the tourist sites, or been very far outside of taipei! I received Lonely Planet’s newest Taiwan Guide for x’mas, and noticed your blog mentioned! Looks like you are famous

Just wanted to congratulate you on a very interesting blog — probably one of the better and most well-updated taiwan blogs i’ve seen.. and i’ve seen many!

best of luck to you!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:20:11 +0000

Wooo-hooo! I’m totally stoked. I just added it to my blogroll. I was just asking my Chinese teacher about this the other day and he didn’t know anyone who wanted to do this kind of work. Nice catch Todd!

By: ktvxiaojie

ktvxiaojie — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:09:01 +0000

Hi Todd – thanks for the encouragement! Actually, the idea sprung from that original 2006 post about lyrics, and the fact that an enormous portion of my visitors end up on my blog because they’re looking for pinyin lyrics (well, lyrics and funeral strippers!). I really hope it ends up being useful to others, and not just a means for me to feed my own KTV habit. Let me know if you have a favorite you’d like to see!

By the way, congrats on the Lonely Planet mention. You deserve it with all the great posts on cultural diversions around Taiwan. I wish I made more time for checking out places like the ones you visit, but of course that would take away from my KTV time.

By: Todd Alperovitz

Todd Alperovitz — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:08:43 +0000

I have used the method Holly uses for romanizing and translations for awhile [although less lately because of time commitments]. I’ve learned a lot of new words through this method. It has also helped my reading ability.

By: TheNHBushman.com | Fantastic New Taiwan Blog: KTV Xiaojie

TheNHBushman.com | Fantastic New Taiwan Blog: KTV Xiaojie — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:43:15 +0000

[...] Todd just blogged on this. I’m also mentioning it because I don’t want anyone to miss it! [...]

By: MJ Klein

MJ Klein — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:26:37 +0000

Todd, thanks for posting about this new blog. it never occurred to me to try to use karaoke songs to learn Chinese. since i’ve never studied Chinese in an actual school i am always looking to learn more, using whatever method i can use on my own. this looks like a great aid, plus as you know, i’m across the street from Shao-hui’s and that’s going to be my new classroom!