Gung Hay Fat Choy!! Chinese New Year of the Dog today

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Best wishes and Congratulations!! Have a prosperous and good year!! Many blessings to all!
:toast:

[MindPilot]

1. Who let the dogs out

WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!

Sorry, I had to.

Edit: dumbass typo

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11. heheh. "dumbass typo": What, did you misspell "woof"?

:shrug:












:evilgrin:

[MindPilot]

15. HAHAHA Much worse than that...

I misspelled "to" :dunce:

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21. LOL! hey, it's been done before. :)

greetings, to another Californian, I see! :hi:

[In_The_Wind]

2. Happy New Year!

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4. Happy New Year, sweetie!

xoxoxox,
me
:loveya:

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Gung Hay Fat Choy!

I'll be making Mu Shu (main ingredient to be determined, maybe tofu) and eating Trader Joe's frozen Shu Mai and Har Gao. Want some?

[Shine]

5. You're good in the kitchen, I can tell. :)

:thumbsup:
Yummmmmy!

[TheBaldyMan]

6. Who you calling fat?

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12. It IS a funny expression, huh?

:hi:

I like your user name, btw.

[mzteris]

7. Gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2

Respectfully wishing joy and wealth. (This is the Mandarin - pinyin, instead of Cantonese.)


Commonly followed by (for children): hong2 bao1 na lai2
which basically means: Give me red packets (that has $$ in them!)




Xin1 nian1 kuai4 le4 Happy New Year!

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9. hmmm...interesting. Looks like math to me.

what are the numbers for? :shrug:

Are you wearing red today? :hi:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. The numbers must stand for the pitch

I think Mandarin has four pitches, rising, falling, neutral, and high pure. Vietnamese has five pitches.

[Shine]

18. Huh, fascinating. Learn somethin' every day.....

hopefully. :hi:

It must be an challenging language to learn for a non-native speaker, with all those complicated sound nuances....very interesting...

[ZombieNixon]

17. I must have had a bit too much to drink last night.

It took me a few moments before I realized it wasn't Leetspeak!

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22. what's "Leetspeak"?

:shrug:


hey, did you ever figure out the source of those blond hairs, btw? Is it still a mystery?

[ZombieNixon]

24. 7|-|15 |5 73375|>33|

The weird typology used by übernerds.

No, I still haven't figured out the source of the hairs, though I'm still finding them and Mrs. Snifaa has claimed responisibility. :D

[mzteris]

25. The numbers

are for the "tones" in pronouncing the syllables.

1st tone is even/flat ----.

2nd tone is uprising / (kind of like we do at the end of a question)

3rd tone goes down and then back up U

4th tone goes DOWN \ (kind of like when we issue a command and our voice drops)

edit to add more pronunciation guides:

Gong is just gong (but the ng is not emphasized)

"xi" is pronounced "she" only theres a slight hard edge just before you say the "sh".

"fa" fah

"cai" - "c" is neither "hard" or "soft" American "C" - but "t" with a little bit of "s" sound followed by "eye": tseye


Wearing red? Why yes. Though I hadn't really thought about it when I pulled on this shirt.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. Yes...this is MY YEAR!

I am the year of the dog :D

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10. Congrats!! It's sure to be a powerful year for you.

Enjoy.
:hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. It's already been so far

thanks

[GOPisEvil]

16. Arf!

:party:

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20. Woof!

:toast:

[djeseru]

19. A happy and prosperous year to you too!

:hi:

[Shine]

23. Thanks, darlin'!

:pals:

We're going to a potluck later today and we're bringing potstickers. Seems appropriate...

Have a great day! :hi: