Friday 6 July 2012

1041 HKSAR Name of the Day

York Ip Yuk-wai, Ma Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 6 July 2011)
see other Yorks (0504, 0505 and 0506 HKSAR Names of the Day)

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Geography-based; Rare; Somewhat common in Hong Kong

6 comments:

  1. aimlesswanderer13 July 2012 at 14:40

    Shouldn't this be in the "Geographic" category?

    And I am sure that there is a London or

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  2. Yes, thank you AW; post amended. It fits in well with the infamous Paris and Chelsea.

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  3. aimlesswanderer19 July 2012 at 16:51

    I wonder why Welsh names (especially place names) aren't popular? They would certainly be unpronounceable, and thus very unique!

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  4. Not even the Welsh themselves like Welsh names! Haha. No doubt someone from Hong Kong will eventually choose Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, which happens to be the longest place name in Europe.

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  5. If you want an unpronounceable name, get onto google maps and head over to Wales! You can always amend it a little so that you can at least vaguely pronounce it.

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  6. Still waiting for someone from Hong Kong to choose a symbol as their moniker … just like that monkey formerly known as Prince. Now that would be unpronounceable and novel.

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