When you're a Cantonese family with the surname 慕容…
「你知唔知呢個姓以前係貴姓。」
“Don't you know, this surname was a name of nobility in the past.”
「老爺,噉呀啱嘞,你嘅名都唔差嘞!」
“Yeah Dad (Father-in-law), your name's not bad then!”
「慕容發,無人發!」
“Mouyung Faat, (sounds like) ‘no one gets rich’!”
「大嫂呀,你嘅名又夠趣緻啦吓!」
“Sis (in-law), your name's pretty interesting too!”
「揀剩尾*」 “Last one chosen!” (i.e. not desirable)
* Subs got it totally wrong; what she said was 揀剩尾 (pron. gaan² zing⁶ mei⁵), which is a play on her sis-in-law's name that is pronounced exactly the same in Cantonese; 簡靜美 (pron. Gaan² Zing⁶ Mei⁵)
簡直霉 (pron. Gaan² Zik⁶ Mui⁴) is totally off the mark! (Who subbed these subs?! NOT a Cantonese speaker is my guess!)
「噉都好過姓慕容啦!」
“At least it's better than the surname 慕容 (Mouyung)!”
「改乜都係無用乜,無用物,無用德!」
“No matter how you name (a person of surname Mouyung), they will always be “Useless This”, “Useless That”, (just like) “Useless Tak!” (referring to her husband).
慕容 (pron. Mou⁶ Jung⁴), which, analyzing each character individually, can mean “admiration” and “capacity” respectively. Which makes for an awe-inspiring surname. Unfortunately in Cantonese, it sounds very similar to:
無用 (pron. mou⁴ jung⁶), which means “useless”! 😹
No such problem in Mandarin though, where 慕容 and 無用 are pronounced Mùróng and wú yòng respectively.
《師奶強人》 (1998) 第三集
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🐯🐾 虎掌燒 🐯🐾
(🀄 ㄏㄨˊㄓㄤˇㄕㄠ/hú zhǎng shāo)
— literally “Tiger Paw Grill”, a grilled pancake snack filled with sweet or savoury filling, is apparently a Taiwanese variation on the Japanese たい焼き (Taiyaki).
Thanks to @thistransient's post (and @cherrymintvampyyri's reblog) that introduced me to the existence of the 虎掌燒!
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#ひらせん食堂 の #超豪華ディナー ( #笑 )は、 #超豪華ブレックファースト ( #笑笑 )や #超豪華ランチボックス ( #笑笑笑 https://twitter.com/hirasen1965/status/1626539235733012480?s=46&t=nWf4cYevTAyzblpbg6RxNw) #に続いて 、 #三度 の #松茸ご飯 #です ! #もち米 #ではありませんが 、 #コレはこれで美味い !! #そのほか 、 #唐揚げ や #おでん 、 #香の物 #など #極上な料理の数々 ♪ #家族の皆様に大感謝 ♡ https://www.instagram.com/p/CozZdkYvpt4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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