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China Adoption, Chinese Infant Adoption - Category: Troublesome Fictions China Adoption Blog Adoption Blogs >China Adoption Blog >Troublesome Fictions Go to Page: 1 2 3 Next 08/17/07 Troublesome Terms: Words That Make Me Feel *Funny* Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 06:23 am , 463 words, 97 views Categories: Troublesome Fictions I am, like many people of my acquaintance, prone to think too much about little things. Not little things like these (although that s probably the most significant news you ll read here for a long time), but things like words. Sometimes, they make me feel funny. Here are a few of them, along with vague stabs in the direction of explaining why I think they re a little peculiar (as opposed to ha-ha). Abandoned. - Generally, this is a hard word to avoid, since we talk about "abandonment... more 1 comment SPONSOR 06/22/07 Asian faces and Iron Man: Why am I worried Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 02:51 pm , 418 words, 91 views Categories: Troublesome Fictions, The Race Thing No, not this kind of mandarin! Faithful readers may recall my prior concerns over the upcoming Iron Man movie, as directed by Jon "Dinner for Five" Favreau, in which children will... more Leave a comment 04/16/07 The Cold Princess: O China! O China! Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 01:39 pm , 486 words, 76 views Categories: Troublesome Fictions Every now and again I write these things that don t seem to have too much to do with "adoption" per se, at least at first. But the thing is the "adoption" part of my family actually seems pretty minor compared to the lasting reality of being a parent who isn t Chinese raising children who are. So, this is one of those things. It started listening to classical music in the car last week. ... more 1 comment 04/06/07 Iron Man, Chinese villains and (picture a clever play on "rusty" here). Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 06:15 ...