let me see.
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today let's discuss about the
universal-kind-of-language
most moms speak.
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i've always realised this problem lies with lots of moms.
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it seems that their world could only see colours not more than the
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IQ of Nana.
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pink = 红 (red)
red= 红 (red)
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orange = 黄 ( yellow)
beige = 黄 (yellow)
yellow= 黄 (yellow)
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purple = 蓝 ( blue)
blue = 蓝 (blue)
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brown= 黑( black) >> but smetimes it's also called "ju-ku-let" (chocolate)
grey = 黑( black)
black = 黑 (black)
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the only colour they wouldn't have a problem with is GREEN.
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when i was young,
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my mom brought me to a pasar malam.
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i wanted this power ranger t-shirt with my favourite pink ranger.
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however, the t-shirt was orange.
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my mom's case is rather serious.
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she kept saying : " 我要那个红的.. "
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so the auntie was like : o.O ??
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all moms just conveniently group all the similar colours together.
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EVEN RAINBOWS HAVE 7 COLOURS
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but their world only 5.
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the only analysis i can come up with is due to the translation.
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for example.
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(red) 红 萝卜( carrots)
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carrots are orange. but chinese say it's red.
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红毛 (ang moh)
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ang mohs have gold hair (supposedly) but chinese say it's red.
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well it may not be totally wrong.
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BUT HOW MANY ANG MOHS ACTUALLY HAVE RED HAIR?
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the next issue is about " L" and " R "
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"然后" often "lan hou"
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"Lorry" become " Lol-li"
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even non-english words like
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"Roti" become " Lo-ti"
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they also have problem with "P" and "B" sometimes
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" 标准 " become " 漂准 "
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dialects also play an important role
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"Go share with your brother"
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become " 和弟弟 '公私' ... "
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MAMA !! WHAT'S '公私' ??!!
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other random words are like.
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"Bus" === "Butt"
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" thank you" === " thankute"
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ok that's all for today.
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ok.. now go hug your mommy and tell her .
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" MAMA, I LUB YOU "
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