I did a image search for Chinese new year year of the dog
Islam sucks the fun out of everything.
Posted on 02/16/2018 3:49:56 PM PST by csvset
Edited on 02/16/2018 5:55:58 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia has apologised after a government ad in Chinese-language newspapers featuring a picture of a barking rooster to mark the Year of the Dog sparked a flood of mockery.
The full-page advert by the domestic trade, cooperatives and consumerism ministry showed a rooster emitting the word "wang", used to represent a dog's bark in Mandarin.
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I did a image search for Chinese new year year of the dog
Islam sucks the fun out of everything.
Somebody had a LOT of fun writing that headline, eh?
Ooh, you in a heap of trouble, boy!
It is NOT the year of the Rooster.
I was born in the Year of the Cat, which is appropriate, given all the feline friends I have had over the decades. It is said that when looking for a mate, those born in my year should avoid those born in the Year of the Dog but chase after those born in the Year of the Rat.
I am always fascinated by how different languages represent animal sounds. “Wang wang”, just doesn’t sound right for a dog to my ears, but hey, 1.3 billion Chinese can’t be wrong.
“I am always fascinated by how different languages represent animal sounds. “Wang wang”, just doesn’t sound right for a dog to my ears”
In South America, or at least Peru, a rooster’s crow isn’t pronounced as “cocka-doodle-doo” but rather something similar to the old song La Paloma’s cooka-cooka-roo”. Sum ‘tings are rost in tranration I suppose.
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