A Rose By Any Other Name
NB: Don't get offended if you can't take a joke. I take the piss just as much out of foreign names after all. With China becoming a major world power these days, some people may be getting worried about the scourge of "the yellow peril." I'm here to tell you there's nothing to worry about, or at least give you a way to calm your fears. All for the low, low price of fifty-nine ninety-five. Sign up in the next five minutes and receive a free Ginsu knife set -- it slices, it dices, it...uh...something else that ends in -ices...anyway, moving right along. For most of my childhood I was under the ridiculous impression that most Chinese were called names like "Lotus Blossom" and "Three Autumn Leaves" and other romantic bunkum. Everyone knows real Chinese have names like Hu Jintao,
- Hu Jintao = Mr Moustache
- Jet Li = Mr Plum
- Fong Sai Yuk = Mr Square (close, but no cigar)
- Wong Fei Hong = Mr Yellow
*Please, say it wasn't just my parents. Try saying his name if you don't get it...By the way: Why, yes, I do have rather a crush on Wikipedia at the moment.
3 Comments:
Wikiphobia?
Is it ok to capitalize preposition?
'Hu' means mustache? Wow! i've got so much to learn.
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