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#456895 - Sun Jan 25 2009 06:12 PM Chinese New Year
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	Kung Hei Fat Choy to all!! _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#456896 - Sun Jan 25 2009 06:24 PM Re: Chinese New Year
jordandog Forum Champion Registered: Tue Apr 17 2007 Posts: 5097 Loc: Ohio USA	And to you also, ren! Please eat, drink, and be merry for me. _________________________ The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.-- Richard Bach [i]Illusions
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#456897 - Sun Jan 25 2009 09:15 PM Re: Chinese New Year
veronikkamarrz Mainstay Registered: Thu Dec 28 2006 Posts: 930 Loc: Carson City Nevada USA	I saw these words somewhere else, and had NO idea what they meant! Thank you, ren, and of course, the same to you! _________________________ ...Be careful out there...
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#456898 - Sun Jan 25 2009 10:24 PM Re: Chinese New Year
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	It really means 'Congratulations and be prosperous', or 'get rich.' Not really Happy New Year as such. The village was very noisy at midnight(my POOR dog!). I am going for a celebration tomorrow (today is really for families). My friend has ordered a sucking pig, all ready cooked and crunchy. She asked me to bring .... mince pies! lol. _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#456899 - Mon Jan 26 2009 05:26 AM Re: Chinese New Year
sue943 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 19 1999 Posts: 38005 Loc: Jersey Channel Islands	Perhaps with all this feasting it is no wonder 'Fat' comes into it. Happy Chinese New Year to all. _________________________ Many a child has been spoiled because you can't spank a Grandma!
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#456900 - Mon Jan 26 2009 05:46 AM Re: Chinese New Year
PurpleFan Multiloquent Registered: Fri Oct 22 1999 Posts: 2249 Loc: New Westminster BC Canada	Happy New Years to You too Ren. Enjoy the PIG! PF _________________________ All Things Purple Are Relative!
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#456901 - Mon Jan 26 2009 07:12 AM Re: Chinese New Year
MadMags Star Poster Registered: Sat May 03 2008 Posts: 17092 Loc: Orosi Costa Rica	Wohoo, party time for ren! The suckling pig sounds delicious! Kung hei fat choy to you ren, and to any other of our Chinese friends here at FT. _________________________ A smile is a curved line that sets things straight. ~ Anon.
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#456902 - Mon Jan 26 2009 08:10 AM Re: Chinese New Year
MomOf2 Mainstay Registered: Tue Dec 09 2008 Posts: 872 Loc: Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	Happy New Year Ren!
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#456903 - Mon Jan 26 2009 10:20 AM Re: Chinese New Year
MadMags Star Poster Registered: Sat May 03 2008 Posts: 17092 Loc: Orosi Costa Rica	ren, I looked for a phonetic pronounciation of this phrase and can't find one. I'd like to wish the Chinese family that run my local supermarket "Prosperity" in Chinese rather than in Spanish. I have the Kung, Fat, Choi part (I think) - How do you pronounce Hei? _________________________ A smile is a curved line that sets things straight. ~ Anon.
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#456904 - Mon Jan 26 2009 11:02 AM Re: Chinese New Year
JaneMarple Star Poster Registered: Fri Jan 30 2004 Posts: 14486 Loc: North West of England	Happy Chinese New Year to our lovely Ren and everyone else xx _________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
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#456905 - Mon Jan 26 2009 11:52 AM Re: Chinese New Year
Quiz_Beagle Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 04 2007 Posts: 957 Loc: Gloucestershire UK	Mags - I have always heard it pronounced 'hey', but waiting to be told pronouncing it like that is a deadly insult... Happy New Year to any Rats out there (and all the rest of the signs, of course!) _________________________ Only Happy Beagles do the Happy Beagle Dance!
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#456906 - Mon Jan 26 2009 12:31 PM Re: Chinese New Year
MadMags Star Poster Registered: Sat May 03 2008 Posts: 17092 Loc: Orosi Costa Rica	QB, that was my fear too! Hopefully ren can let us know. _________________________ A smile is a curved line that sets things straight. ~ Anon.
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