Well, today I discovered this:
You'd think that in three months, somebody might have told me. Till now, I've been using this one:
But I think I'm going to switch. Also my surname 'Shaw' sounds a bit like 'xiao' which means 'Young'. (Respect and status in China are mostly predicated on how old you are.)
So everytime I introduce myself, I'm basically saying I'm young and stupid.
If the shoe fits...
3 comments:
Well, sir, I have to say your blog is my best literary discover for this good ol' 2006.
Kia haka, everybody's been young and foolish (you don'te seem to be, but it's just my opinion)
what would "The Red Falcon" translate to?
I have to say that when we chose your name, and we did so with a lot of thought, it didn't translate to any of those. If I knew all those years ago that you would be going to China, I would have researched it more thoroughly and given you an honorable chinese translation...sorry son xx
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