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Sunday, January 25, 2009

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Lunar New Year 2009

Once more with feeling

Here's an oldie-but-goodie that's worth repeating:
It doesn't just belong to the Chinese

Nor is it just "politically correct." Read about it in English and/or Chinese.

Happy Lunar New Year! 萬事如意! [=van.su_ru.yi! / wàn shì rú yì!]

UPDATE:
Being in a bit of a rush to begin my vacation, I missed these links (all are presented in both English and Mandarin):
* How the people of Vietnam celebrate Lunar New Year
* How the people of South Korea celebrate Lunar New Year
* How the people of Singapore celebrate Lunar New Year
* How the people of Malaysia celebrate Lunar New Year

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Cross-posted at It's Not Democracy, It's A Conspiracy!

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4 Comments:

At 11:40 PM, Blogger 阿牛 said...

I agree, but if we're going to worry about the details to the point that we're correcting habits, it's important to remember it's not exactly a LUNAR new year, but a Lunisolar new year. ;)

In any case, happy holiday!

 
At 10:50 PM, Blogger Tim Maddog said...

A lunisolar calendar is one kind of lunar calendar, so my preference still works (and won't confuse people who've never heard the word "lunisolar"). ;-)

Anyway, Happy (阿)牛 Year! (Happy "Gu" Year?)

Tim Maddog

 
At 1:29 PM, Blogger B.BarNavi said...

What's with the first transliteration scheme?

 
At 10:00 PM, Blogger Tim Maddog said...

B.BarNavi, the first transliteration was from a now defunct online Taiwanese dictionary. What I get from the Ministry of Education's online dictionary (though I had to break up the phrase to look it up) is "bān-sū -ì."

Tim Maddog

 

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