An Expatriate in Taiwan

Tag: numbers

  • Speaking in numbers

    Laowai Chinese recently made a post about numbers in everyday Chinese language in mainland China. I thought I would take the concept and apply it to Taiwan. Most of these are used when instant messaging friends or sending text messages. A few of them, like 4, 6, and 8 are pretty well integrated to everyday…

  • Buddhist Lottery

    I found something pretty interesting in a newspaper the other day. It’s a pink sheet with a picture of Buddha and several lottery numbers on it. Apparently it comes everyday in the paper (China Post, I think) and is placed there, either by Buddhist monks (unlikely) or probably by the lottery ticket companies who want…