How official is the American English use of "got", as in "I got a car". . In my English "got" is the past of "get". I have a car. . "I got this" - seems at least, an accepted slang, but the other uses seem strange in my language context. I got five languages. I got an orange. - to me this means I went somewhere and (past tence of get) - an orange. It seems to so, me this means "I have an orange". Can someone tell me whether the above use of "got" is official or slang?

Anyone update me? I have been away for a while. I still have "messages" forr people and seem to be able to "message" them, but I see no way to add a new person to this. Anyone able to point out what I am missing? . I see "follow" but no add, friend, message to someone that I answer or one someone's profile.

(just) Ticking the box (but not doing the intent) - advanced? Technical? HI. wonder whether anyone can offer a good expression for something I keep seeing. . So often nowadays we see that people do what is dictated that they must do by some ruling, but have no intention of the actual intent of the ruling. For example when a shop attendant wants you to leave they may say "Have a nice day" in a way that means "Get lost now". When an organisation is required to ensure the wellbeing of their employees and so puts lots of programmes in place that are obvously useless for anything but making it look as if they did something. when you make obvious that you are treating the symptoms but do nothing about the cause. . I have expressions relating to "ticking th boxes", "walking the talk", all the generic ones describing aspects of this, such as "intentional corporate irresponsibility" but I wonder whether anyone has a term that carries with it the implied negligence or a technical term for this in some specific area. Much appreciated for any thoughts you might have.

Contrast 碰巧 and 巧合? Anyone care to offer me a contrast about when to use 碰巧 versus 巧合? Either by difference in meaning or by difference in use. All contributions accepted :) Many thanks in advance.

Chinese lyrical symbolism roses and orchids Was watching a show yesterday about Chinese music which features several established singers, that is not modern. One fellow sang a song which at one point said something to the effect of . he watered the roses daily, but let the orchids wither. . Anyone know the symbolism of this? In general what it means. Sorry, I was unable to catch the song's name or that of the performer. Any hints, much appreciated. :)

Experiment. Does posting from the app always leave html tags? Just an experimental long sentence to see whether I can fathom what causes html tags to appear sometimes, but not always. Also some short sentences. Also just experiments. Html tags don't seem to show up enough to believe they are always inserted by app users. This is the android app, in English. Sorry to anyone who thought this might be a language question.

Suggestions for (simple) things to say at a funeral? A Chinese acquaintance has died. At the funeral will be her husband and mother. The mother has limited English. My Chinese is very limited. Any suggestions for appropriate, yet simple, things for me to say? Thanks in advance. tags: language, culture

Crazy Rich Asians - does it have a Chinese name? There is a recent movie, in Enlgish called, "Crazy Rich Asians". Anyone know if it has a Chinese name and what it is?