On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 11:15:50 -0500, Harold Pritchett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Reef Fish wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:59:37 -0500, Krazy Kiwi <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>> >
>> >Gong Xi Fa Cai to you too Bob :-)

I had noted that it was ALMOST perfect Mandarin pronunciation.  BTW,
that's the Chinese saying something to the effect of "Congratulations
on You Large Fortune (as in Strike It Rich with lots of $$$)", around
New Year.

>> Excellent, even if you called me a "Fat Chicken"!  :-)

In Cantonese.  :-)


>
>Just got back a few days ago from spending the new year
>in Hong Kong.  There, it's "Kung Hei Fat Choi"

Now THAT's perfect Cantonese for saying the same, without chicken.  :-)

I am green with envy, though I was there recently, in Oct 2001.


>I've put my pictures on a website.  No, I haven't had time
>to sort through them yet, so I just threw all of the output
>from the digital camera on the site.  Later, I'll weed out
>the dups and out of focus shots, but for now, it's everyting.
>
>If anyone is interested, it's at:
>        http://panic.ucns.uga.edu/hongkong

Will browse later.  Gotta get started to go see Jeff.

>And no, I didn't have a chance to get wet on this trip (other
>than sticking a toe in the South China Sea just so I could
>say that I did...
>
>Harold

Only ducks and people without umbrellas get wet in Hong Kong.  :-)

-- Bob.