I have a great recipe for that.  The kids love it.

Paul M.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Haggard 何麥可" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:59 PM
Subject: [Papermodels II 38073] Re: Anyone going?



Find new alien word... get basic meaning or image... inset English
word that is nothing like the meaning of the alien word but works for
all english speakers living in that culture.  And we complain about
Chinglish.

Ah... I miss good old american Chicken N Dimplins.

-Michael


On Jul 5, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Mike Hungerford wrote:

>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 9:53 PM, The Haggard 何麥可
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In Taiwan, Dumplings include: Suei Jou, Gen Jou, Guo Tiue, Bao Si,
>> Dim
>> Sem, and Gen Bao.
>> All of which are VERY different... but in English they are dumplings.
>> English speakers who live here call them, respectfully to the above
>> order; boiled dumplings, fried dumplings, long fried dumplings, steam
>> bun, steam dumplings, and fried bun.
>>
>> Clear as mud?
>> -Michael
>
> All of which appear to be completely unlike the dumplings I've always
> known from what my grandmothers, mother, and Demi all made/make,
> essentially drop biscuits boiled in a soup or stew.
> -- 
> Mike Hungerford
> http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html
> A heinous crime, a show of force,
> (A murder would be nice, of course ...)
>
> >




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