Comments on: Hidden Econopocalypse Admonition in Chinatown Sign http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 07:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456196 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456196 There is a bus route in Hong Kong with the same name. Funny to see those words in the little sign on the front of a big double-decker bus. There is a bus route in Hong Kong with the same name. Funny to see those words in the little sign on the front of a big double-decker bus.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-455945 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455945 Could be the owner(s) name(s).... Could be the owner(s) name(s)….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456256 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456256 Heh, there's another place in SF called Wang Insurance. I might be 12 for giggling like a maniac over it, but it sure is amusing. Heh, there’s another place in SF called Wang Insurance. I might be 12 for giggling like a maniac over it, but it sure is amusing.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456257 Deidzoeb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456257 I was relieved to see that "EXIT REALTY" was a franchise, not a statement about everyone fleeing my rustbelt community. They've been saying for years, "Last person out of Detroit, turn off the lights." Now it's said about lots of towns, or even "Last one out of Michigan." ...oh puke, I just looked it up and discovered that "EXIT REALTY IS GROWING" so quickly because NO, it is not a multi-level marketing system. Can I sell you my house and you sell me your house and we'll both charge each other closing fees? Wheeee! I was relieved to see that “EXIT REALTY” was a franchise, not a statement about everyone fleeing my rustbelt community. They’ve been saying for years, “Last person out of Detroit, turn off the lights.” Now it’s said about lots of towns, or even “Last one out of Michigan.”

…oh puke, I just looked it up and discovered that “EXIT REALTY IS GROWING” so quickly because NO, it is not a multi-level marketing system.

Can I sell you my house and you sell me your house and we’ll both charge each other closing fees? Wheeee!

]]> By: Dedalus http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456513 Dedalus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456513 home is wherever you hang ur wang on - peace *breakdances in the thread* home is wherever you hang ur wang on – peace

*breakdances in the thread*

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456012 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456012 no; it isn't a chinese personal name. it's a kind of name that because lucky shows up in names of businesses no; it isn’t a chinese personal name. it’s a kind of name that because lucky shows up in names of businesses

]]> By: Yamazakikun http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456016 Yamazakikun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456016 I think "constant peace" is closer... so the English is the action and the Chinese is the goal. I think “constant peace” is closer… so the English is the action and the Chinese is the goal.

]]> By: webmacher http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456287 webmacher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456287 When I started working at my job in Pacific Heights, I noticed that sign as I was riding the bus back downtown. I actually wrote about it a while back on my blog, which covers such oddities. (I spotted a <a href="http://womeninit.net/huh/2009/04/i_guess_apartments_are_still_hard_to_come_by_in_san_francisco.html" rel="nofollow">sign that was almost as good as this one</a> yesterday.) When I started working at my job in Pacific Heights, I noticed that sign as I was riding the bus back downtown. I actually wrote about it a while back on my blog, which covers such oddities. (I spotted a sign that was almost as good as this one yesterday.)

]]> By: Tian http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456037 Tian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456037 "Hang On" is Cantonese-to-English transliteration of 恆安 (pronounced as "Heng An" in Mandarin). For those who are interested, here are characters' references: http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=6046 http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=5b89 Good thing Dan Brown did not spot this first and put into one of his books: http://www.hanzismatter.com/2009/03/painful-excerpt-from-dan-browns-digital.html “Hang On” is Cantonese-to-English transliteration of 恆安 (pronounced as “Heng An” in Mandarin).

For those who are interested, here are characters’ references:

http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=6046

http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=5b89

Good thing Dan Brown did not spot this first and put into one of his books:

http://www.hanzismatter.com/2009/03/painful-excerpt-from-dan-browns-digital.html

]]> By: Crystal http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456295 Crystal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456295 That "Hang On" is just the translation of the company name by the pronouciation. That “Hang On” is just the translation of the company name by the pronouciation.

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456314 Adam Stanhope Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456314 Yes - eternal peace. The "An" is the same "An" in TianANmen Square. Yes – eternal peace.

The “An” is the same “An” in TianANmen Square.

]]> By: Kay the Complainer http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-455832 Kay the Complainer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455832 There's a realtor in Toronto called "Mike Costapile". Seriously. There’s a realtor in Toronto called “Mike Costapile”. Seriously.

]]> By: JBaudhuin http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-455847 JBaudhuin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455847 Hang On (or Heng An in pinyin) means eternal peace, if I recall correctly. Hang On (or Heng An in pinyin) means eternal peace, if I recall correctly.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-455873 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-455873 Oh, thanks for that translation. Oh, thanks for that translation.

]]> By: minamisan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456159 minamisan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456159 I guess that means a Chinese-speaker who climbs on a rodeo bull and gets told to "Hang on" is in for a rude shock. I guess that means a Chinese-speaker who climbs on a rodeo bull and gets told to “Hang on” is in for a rude shock.

]]> By: wirx http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456421 wirx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456421 It's nice words.Both in chinese and english! It’s nice words.Both in chinese and english!

]]> By: wirx http://boingboing.net/2009/04/03/hidden-econopocalyps.html#comment-456436 wirx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-456436 after i share this article in our chinese blog here： http://jandan.net/2009/04/04/janen-hang-on.html one of my reader says：有些公司还是翻译得很有意思的，比如那个Go Believe（狗不理） "狗不理"(gou bu le) is a famous chinese food bland,means dog won't touch it.Its pronouciation is same as the words "go believe" after i share this article in our chinese blog here：
http://jandan.net/2009/04/04/janen-hang-on.html
one of my reader says：有些公司还是翻译得很有意思的，比如那个Go Believe（狗不理）

“狗不理”(gou bu le) is a famous chinese food bland,means dog won’t touch it.Its pronouciation is same as the words “go believe”

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