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To: SeekAndFind

Do the Chinese people find the word “Ping” racist? Just checking.


12 posted on 04/07/2014 7:45:29 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: BlueStateRightist

RE: Do the Chinese people find the word “Ping” racist? Just checking.

I don’t think they will ( and believe me, I speak the language having lived and worked in Taiwan for sometimes ).

Chinese is a “tonal” language where the meaning of a word depends on the tone you put in it.

So “ping” could mean different things in Mandarin ( depending on the tone ).

It could mean “spell”, “balance”, “vase”, etc.

So, how could you put a racist connotation to it?


18 posted on 04/07/2014 7:56:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (uestion)
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To: BlueStateRightist

No, but “Pong” is.


36 posted on 04/07/2014 11:39:19 AM PDT by right way right (America has embraced the suck of Freedumb.)
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