What I Learned Today

...or over the past few days since my last post.

• The Russian word for hello is Здравствуйте! Transliterated: zdravstvuyte! Its roots are in words for "you," "health," and an imperative form, meaning "Be of good health!"
  
  
• Bob Costas pronounced "Beijing" a really bizarre way throughout the Olympics.
  
  
• He pronounced the J in Beijing with the same sound as in "genre." In other words, with a sound that does not exist either in Chinese or English (except in French loan words). It's "Beijing," with a J as in jingle.
  
  
• In Japan, they make no clear distinction between "looking young" and "looking like a child." This explains so much.