I now share with the world my 1985 discovery of this unique linguistic phenomenon; a coincidental homonym that's the exact same word in both Mandarin Chinese and English: the verb "Yàn" 咽 and noun "Yàn" 燕, which translates into "Swallow" (verb) and "Swallow" (type of bird)。
@offtheball@Tennis_Ireland Only 2 known photographs of Mabel Cahill exist and this is not one of them. (see below)
It is, in fact, British player Betty Nuthall; winner of the 1930 US Open.
@dennisw5 A decade later foreign devils in Guangzhou were still considered out of control by hotel managers.
This 2023 sign was deemed necessary at the 5 star Garden Hotel when 鬼佬 guests were showing up at the lobby's elegant Waterfall Restaurant wearing bathrobes, pajamas, and slippers.
@dennisw5 Evidently the situation in Guangzhou got even hotter, compelling the Star Hotel to hastily add an extremely polite handwritten Japanese translation to that "Warm Notice"
@DecodingFoxNews I thought John Belushi saying the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor was funnier than hell. Trump supporting beach ball brain airheads claiming it was the Americans instead ... takes the cake. My only guess is that they thought Pearl Harbor is somewhere between Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
@nknewsorg Russian news media is referring to the DPRK passengers as "tourists" instead of "workers". My guess is that they were workers headed to the Alabuga SEZ in #Tatarstan sent to work in factories and construction sites under large-scale labor agreements between Moscow and Pyongyang.
@SecondRingSZN You're still wrong, fool!
Trump is an exception to every world leader on the planet. He is completely abnormal.
Now you're making the distinction between cultured and uncultured, not non-Chinese. How many uncultured foreign leaders of major economic countries are there? One.
@SecondRingSZN@manyapan Wrong. This was a special concession exclusively for Donald Trump. Sea cucumber was featured on the state menu for Vladimir Putin. No revision required.
https://t.co/LwnRD7aWVq
@brianhioe Sea cucumber (”海参“) was on the original menu however a last minute revised version evidently deleted items deemed unpalatable to 老外.
Stinky Tofu ("臭豆腐") is considered a street snack and not served at state banquets but sea cucumbers have been a banquet staple since 1949.
@kenmoriyasu@YouTube They both learned this from North Korea's Kim Jong Un, whose sister acted as his own personal cigarette butt dispenser while in China.
@manyapan I borrowed that menu image from my main man in Beijing @tongbingxue who I consider to be a very reliable Twitter and Instagram account. I've never questioned his sources in the past.
@manyapan This second version does not include sea cucumber, a state banquet staple for as long as I can remember (40 years) #海参#seacucumber
Here is the original menu:
@Independent I hope Donald Trump is photographed being served sea cucumbers, a common staple of China state banquets.
Of course the chef's kiss for Trump would be "stinky tofu" but that's more of a street snack than a banquet entrée.
Perhaps Trump will end up with a #McSpicy (#麦辣鸡腿���堡)
@Sino_Market Please post the entire Beijing state banquet menu.
I have high hopes it includes stinky tofu, sea cucumbers, duck tongues, chicken feet, rabbit heads, and durian ice cream.
Hoping Donald Trump slams down his chopsticks in frustration and eats the sea cucumber using his hands.
@reenabhardwaj@POTUS There it is! As predicted by yours truly, sea cucumber was featured prominently on the official state banquet menu! #海参#seacucumber
@reenabhardwaj@POTUS Please post the entire Beijing state banquet menu.
I have high hopes it includes stinky tofu, sea cucumbers, duck tongues, chicken feet, rabbit heads, and durian ice cream.
Hoping Donald Trump slams down his chopsticks in frustration and eats the sea cucumber using his hands.
@AsiaLens Donald Trump's visit to the Temple of Heaven was cancelled because the Chinese hosts suddenly realized he would spend the entire time yelling at the infamous Echo Wall. #天坛
I hope the banquet features Stinky Tofu, Sea Cucumbers, Chicken Feet, Rabbit Heads, and Durian Ice Cream.