Ordinary Gweilo
It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong
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Month: Dec 2022
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I have previously written about Wrong MTR station names and the Hong Kong Free Press has an interesting article on a similar theme Foreign influence Part 1: Lost in translation [..] Mong Kok is another prime example. The former coastal region was named after the overgrown silvergrass found in the area 芒角 mong4 gok3, (‘corner of…
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