Wednesday, May 30, 2007

A little gem of information:

[with respect to nicknames] “A” doesn’t mean anything but it’s a term of endearment. Chinese/Taiwanese people, when talking to their children, usually double the second character of the name or replace the first character with “xiao” or “ah”. I guess it just depends on what sounds better with the name.


So my daughter, had she been Taiwanese, could've been nicknamed Xiao Ping or Ah Ping. Hm....

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