Saturday, June 29, 2013

Place Names In Original



Everyday we pronounce place names out of our mouth. But what those place names actually mean? Here are some major Kowloon place names "translated" into English. "Translation" entre guillemets because it is no translating word to word. For a place name to bear a meaning, it is sometimes inevitable to look into the history of the place.... [Okay when we talk about history we fall asleep] So here it is - be it for for amusement, for discovery, for the love of the place we live.

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