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Names in China. It’s not a typical routine in naming where words mean more things than they appear. Of course, in English, we think we have names that mean more than what they appear, but that’s from personal associations like family, interests, or secret deep meanings. In China, English words sound like other words in Chinese, and brand name seekers hope that the meanings work out to success. Of course this leads to the best part. The name failures. From the NY Times article (NY Times - Names China) “Microsoft had to think twice about bringing its Bing search engine here because in Chinese, the most common definitions of the character pronounced “bing” are “disease,” “defect” and “virus” — rather inauspicious for a computer product. The revised name, Bi ying, roughly means “responds without fail.” Peugeot (Biao zhi) sounds enough like the Chinese slang for “prostitute” (biaozi) that in southern China, where the pronunciations are especially close, the brand has inspired dirty jokes. And in China, the popular Mr. Muscle line of cleaners has been renamed Mr. Powerful, (Weimeng Xiansheng). The product’s maker said in an e-mail that it had forgotten why.”
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This will probably get the support to be something for sale soon. Yes, it’s a Macross transforming LEGO figure! It’s up for support votes at LEGO’s CUUSOO site – the crowd sourcing idea platform.
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A Q and A with Masi Oka. It’s not rocket science, but Hawaii 5-0 is set to debut in Asia. The interview happens in the Philippine Daily Inquirer! The differences between he and his character Max Bergman? “Max Bergman is definitely a geek. He’s very passionate; he tries to learn everything himself. He’s a great piano player; I play piano as well, but not as good as what he does. I like “Star Wars,” he likes “Star Wars”… Yeah, we’re both into sci-fi. Things that aren’t similar? I’m not that much into dead bodies. There was oneepisode where Max takes the skin off someone’s hand and puts it on his own hand like a glove, and that’s disgusting. I nearly fainted, but Max loves that stuff.” Max Bergman? Nice name. (Philippine Daily Inquirer - Masi Oka)
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We interviewed the filmmakers, Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi, for the Hafu Documentary back in July. Since then, they completed their last shoot for the project and commenced a fundraising campaign to finance their post-production phase. As of right now, they surpassed their goal of 10,000$ USD. More about the documentary’s progress is soon to come. (Update): Megumi and Lara have posted a video expressing their gratitude towards those who have helped them reach their goal. They’re still accepting donations until December 11th, 2011. Any contribution will help make the documentary all the more greater.
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How many people out there were saying, “He is?” This quickly was removed from ESPN’s site. Other sites added the first name, “Rudy Gay star in…” It’s about editing sometimes. We all make errors, some just end up more ironically than others.
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