Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Something from an old letter!

I've discovered something jaw-dropping amazing. Were you aware that "Ow now" is Cantonese for "brown cow"?

Remember those ghastly elocution teachers, when we were children, making us say "How now, brown cow." so we'd develop those full, round English tones. Bet they didn't know where that line obviously came from.

It's actually 'ow nouh' ... but isn't that just the most astonishing thing you've heard in ages?

And "One Bowl" sounds exactly like their "congratulations"!

Do you reckon you'll remember that?

Later: And just because I can, I've stolen Joan's photo of the cow washed into her old pool during the Nadi floods: 



Not brown, but still pretty amazing.  And, no, it isn't photoshopped!

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