Have always been pondering about some phrases and words we encountered in our daily life.
For example:
An act done quickly, we call it as "Quickie"
How about if its done slowly? Do we call it "Slowkie" then?
Another one, this one needs some knowledge of Mandarin though and pardon the crude connotations.
How is it that there are Ming Sect, Sun Moon Sect but nobody ever thought of using "Blue Sect" in "Wu Xia" novels? Maybe because it would sound funny? : P
Speaking of Sun Moon Sect or "Ri Yue Shen Jiao" in Mandarin, when i first came to Malaysia, was surprised to see so many cars with their emblem(A sun and a moon). Only later did i realised that its just a fancy emblem of a star and a moon fixed onto the hoods of Proton car.
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