小孩愛吃糖，所以英文課必然會教 sweet 一字。不過美國人不說 sweet，改說 candy。
本以為美國人只換了一個字，其他用法跟 sweet 相同，但最近跟美國同事通電郵，才知道原來他們不說 a candy，只會說 a piece of candy；一些糖果就會說 some candy 或 some candies。
對於 some candy 這個用法，栗感到頗不自在，尤其是在配了圖的頁面，看起來更是古怪。拿了圖畫去找兩位外籍同事，問他們意見，回覆如下：
澳洲人：(表情憤怒) I'm not a Yankee. I don't know.
英國人：(語氣傲慢) We don't say 'candy', we say 'sweet'.
看來 candy 可以列入辦公室十大禁語了~~~
因乜挑起佢地不快之根？你都係虛心下問啫，點解無端得罪咗佢地
回覆刪除你個問題要問大狸狸囉
[版主回覆11/15/2011 18:45:07]我都唔知點解佢哋咁唔高興，照計我都幾有禮貌吖...... (最後我查到，用some candy是沒有問題的 ^.~)
一個簡單的WORD都咁有學問﹗
回覆刪除[版主回覆11/17/2011 13:15:39]係呀，仲要愈鑽研愈多！
妳唔講我都真係唔知!~嘻嘻~
回覆刪除[版主回覆11/17/2011 13:15:58]我都係人哋講我先至知 :p
因為candy可以是countable noun或uncountable noun，所以說some candy或some candies都得。又，pieces of candy是幾塊糖果，而some candies則是幾種糖果。
回覆刪除[大猩猩回覆11/19/2011 11:15:11]The teacher, if I could start afresh, I would have opted for studying in the US, like what some of my high school classmates did, instead of in HK.
[The Teacher回覆11/19/2011 10:15:56]Ha! Gorilla, I'm not sure about that. You are too modest....:-) I learn my English via immersion, while you apparently learned yours the old-fashioned, analytical way...;-)
[大猩猩回覆11/19/2011 08:15:00]Thank you, The Teacher, you know better than I do.
[The Teacher回覆11/19/2011 01:18:18]I disagree slightly with the Gorilla. Candy is uncountable unless you mean very specifically different kinds of candy.
[版主回覆11/17/2011 13:16:10]謝謝補充！