http://www.offbeat-news.com/2007/11/05/3500-chinese-given-the-name-olympics/ Weird and Wacky News from around the Globe Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.offbeat-news.com/2007/11/05/3500-chinese-given-the-name-olympics/#comment-1381 Zac Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:10:44 +0000 http://www.offbeat-news.com/2007/11/05/3500-chinese-given-the-name-olympics/#comment-1381 Thank you for that laowaitattler, very good information. Thank you for that laowaitattler, very good information.

]]> http://www.offbeat-news.com/2007/11/05/3500-chinese-given-the-name-olympics/#comment-1380 laowaitattler Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:08:40 +0000 http://www.offbeat-news.com/2007/11/05/3500-chinese-given-the-name-olympics/#comment-1380 Well...they're really calling their kids "Aoyun" in Chinese...which doesn't sound so silly as calling a kid "Olympics" in English would. Chinese is a tonal language, so "Aoyun" said in different ways won't always mean "Olympics" as it does in English. Well…they’re really calling their kids “Aoyun” in Chinese…which doesn’t sound so silly as calling a kid “Olympics” in English would. Chinese is a tonal language, so “Aoyun” said in different ways won’t always mean “Olympics” as it does in English.

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