Wyss Yim Wai-shu, professor, earth sciences department, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation
New book and new illusion
5 months ago
Enthusiastic reflections about names, the universe and everything, with a positive dose of critical thinking
Devil. Whale. Chlorophyll, Violante, Treacle — you name it, Hong Kong probably has someone who goes by it. Inquisitive, enterprising and...
Weiss? Wiss?
ReplyDeleteGneiss would be more apt, considering he (or she) is a geologist.
ReplyDeletePerhaps "Wyss" is Phonetic-based?