The company I work for strives to be "inclusive." In other words, they're tired of lawsuits, and they've fallen into the ridiculous "P.C." B.S. that the ACLU freaks have established in our country (yes, that's right, I said "freaks" and if you're offended, get over it. Here's a kleenex). Anyway, every month we have some sort of multi-cultural shindig for a week in celebration of some culture or another. And I'll admit, it's usually pretty interesting - Latin dance classes held in the cafeteria, an Irish dance team performance (think River Dance sans the "Lord"), or an Asian fashion show. So this past week was the Asian heritage celebration. Friday they had all kinds of Asian foods to sample (ever tried Ube ice cream? It's a purple yam that they make ice cream out of and it's not bad), the aforementioned fashion show, bonsaii trees to be raffled off, and a cute old Chinese gentleman that would write your name in Chinese. Mine's posted above. Or so I assume. How am I to know that this is actually my name? What if he's written something horrible and now I've framed it and hung it proudly in my office for all to see? So, I decided to put out a plea in the blog community. For all of you (and I'd hope you know who you are) that read Chinese, please let me know if the above indeed says "Kara." If that's not what it says, then please tell me what it says instead so I'll know if I really want to put it on display or not. I also have two more questions if you please:
1) Does anyone know if computer keyboards in China have Chinese characters on the keys? How about the keyboards in Greece, or in Iraq? I don't want to be arrogant enough to assume that all computer keyboards have western letters. I just don't know and I'm curious.
2) Does anyone want to head to China for a few weeks to set up a booth there writing Chinese people's names in English on paper to frame in their offices/living rooms? Could be a good money-maker...it worked over here...
7 comments:
Yes i would have to agree that the ACLU is a bunch of freaks although i think that is being nice. They are one of the major underlying problems that could drive this country into the ground if they aren't stopped.
As far as chinese i can't help you, but sometimes i do like to eat some FLIED LICE and Kung Pow Chicken. And as David would say, coma sung yung guy.
Well I don't speak Chinese, but I have a huge amount of spare time here at work. (Yes, I am the one in her post about too much time on my hands. I email her 10-15 times a day) I looked up your Chinese name.
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/name/female/blna_kara.htm
It is not exact, but it looks pretty close. Probably different dialects or something??
So instead of going to Greece, you are going to China to write peoples names in English?
Me Me Me Me Me--I'll go. We could even offer different colored inks.
Pass the chopsticks please!
Have you ever thought of being a commedienne? You are like a female Bryan Regan.
Thanks for checking it out for me, David. I knew I could count on you. But you didn't research the keyboard thing for me. LOL. And Greece is definitely still on.
Thanks for the compliment about my humor. I'm glad people get it! Sometimes I say stuff that cracks me up that no one else laughs out, so I never know...
I'm sorry, this goes on at your workplace?
Hi Kara
It really spells your name. In Mandarin (Putonghua), the pronouniciation is:
ke-la
That's as close as it gets :)
To answer question #1, no. The keyboards in Greece and Iraq do not have Chinese characters on them.
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