I totally thought "world" meant universe. I mean, if I had taken your class I probably wouldn't have because I probably would have noted your usage, but taking your poll without clicking the answers first, I just assumed universe for some reason.
Hmm...a possible reason: world is translated as Shi4jie4 (World Journal!) in Chinese, which means basically "everywhere that people can perceive." There's another word that more specifically denotes universe or cosmos -- yu3zhou4 -- but shi4jie4 definitely doesn't necessarily end at the borders of the earth.
Of course, having lived (and been educated) here for 21 years, the "I speekee no good Engrish" defense doesn't work :P .
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I totally thought "world" meant universe. I mean, if I had taken your class I probably wouldn't have because I probably would have noted your usage, but taking your poll without clicking the answers first, I just assumed universe for some reason.
Hmm...a possible reason: world is translated as Shi4jie4 (World Journal!) in Chinese, which means basically "everywhere that people can perceive." There's another word that more specifically denotes universe or cosmos -- yu3zhou4 -- but shi4jie4 definitely doesn't necessarily end at the borders of the earth.
Of course, having lived (and been educated) here for 21 years, the "I speekee no good Engrish" defense doesn't work :P .