"baldeagle" <botakeagle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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May 14, 10:19 am, "puhk oz" <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > > 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.
> >
> > LOL!
> > Are you good = have you eaten rice !
>
> > To old people like you, nothing to do but eat and waiting for the last
day !
>
> Are you good = good = alread eaten rice or mantau,
> having a full tummy.
> As explained earlier, this is a cultural thing, born out
> of extreme poverty in the past..centuries ago when
> Chinese peasant's first concern was a full stomach.
Today, Chinese are not just peasants anymore. You have not change your
mindset
and look down on the Chinese and may be yourself !
> > Yes, even westerner will ask,.....have you taken your lunch, may be
during
> > lunch time.
> You are wrong....
> In Hawaii ... it is Aloha ( Hello, love, peace, )
> In France.... it is "Bonjour" or "Salut" (hello)
> In England ...it is Hi or Hello
> In rural USA,... it is Howdy, or "Whassup"
> In punk culture now... it is "Oioi"
> In Israel...it is "Shalom" (peace)
> In Indonesia or Malaysia ...it is "Apa Kabar" (what's news)
> In Arab countries...it is "Assalamu alaikum" (peace be upon you)
> In Milan or Italy ...it is "Ciao"
don't show your stupidity !
> You can see, the Chinese greeting is quite unique,.
> it is not a hello, not love or not peace...it is to show concern
> for your fellow man,...about a full stomach, about feeling
> good (with full a belly)
may be in the last century, during the 80s, people still worry about
their
stomach in China. In the 90s, people in China started asking " where have
you
moved"? because of many housing redevelopment. In 21 century, people in
China
started to ask "最近在哪发财？” and more
recently：“最近去哪儿旅游了？” of
course, at the latest, the Chinese are keen to learn English, may be
because of
Olympic, they started to use "hello" !
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