Re: Confusinism = Cronism

On May 13, 8:42 pm, "puhk oz" <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "baldeagle" <botakea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 13, 5:19 pm, "puhk oz" <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "rst0wxyz" <rst0w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> The Chinese in USA don't represent most Chinese !
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> > Go to Guangdong, Fujian and other southern provinces
> > in China, listen to the locals ...friends greet each other
> > with "have you eaten". To new acquaintences, they say:
> > "are you well". (meaning if you have eaten, you are
> > well)
> > This way of greeting is found, ...from Vietnam, Thailand
> > Malaysia, Singa****e and Indonesia...among Chinese
> > communities.
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> Nonsense ! I met people from China and in China, they said "ni hao" or
"zao
> shang hao". Nobody say "have you eaten". Even in Singa****e, I don't hear
Chinese
> asking that question any more. May be old people like you still do.

The meaning of "ni hao" is..."are you good ?"  Why are you good...
because you have eaten rice or mantou.  The words have changed,
but they refer to the same thing.