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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 4:12:38 GMT
Sweden is called Ruidian in Mandarin. I think something like "Suidian" would have sounded more similar. That's an interesting observation. My Chinese friends tell me that 'sui' is an unlucky word, and that's why it's not 'suidian' but 'ruiduan' instead.
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Post by spaceflower on Oct 14, 2016 10:47:51 GMT
Ah, yes, I've also heard that out of politeness the names of countries must have a good meaning (Meiguo, Yingguo, Deguo etc).
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Post by tangent on Oct 14, 2016 11:56:08 GMT
I think my dad had an Aunt Fanny. It was a common pet name in the 1900s.
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Post by Kye on Oct 14, 2016 12:18:51 GMT
Here, "fanny" is a very seldom used word for buttocks. (Your great-aunt might say it.) And in Quebec Fanni is a fairly common nickname for a girl named Stephanie.
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Post by Moose on Oct 15, 2016 0:53:07 GMT
I don't think that Fanny as a term for vagina was very common until maybe the sixties or seventies so yeah, it was often seen in Enid Blyton or similar.
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Post by Mari on Oct 19, 2016 9:52:44 GMT
I have a student with that name. Her mother is French, so it's pronounced the French way.
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