SG: 10.30pm Club Chapter II in a dot

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:10

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  According to my Hokkien dictionary, " Potato " is " Ho Lan Tsu " (�蘭薯).

      ( A Practical English-Hokkien Dictionary :  Chiang Ker Chiu )

  How about Ang Mo Tsu....

  

• BanguIzai

  23 Nov 11, 23:11

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  How about Ang Mo Tsu....

  

  Mm Tsai . 

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:12

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  According to my Hokkien dictionary, " Potato " is " Ho Lan Tsu " (�蘭薯).

      ( A Practical English-Hokkien Dictionary :  Chiang Ker Chiu )

  
  You mean hor lan zeee as in my own spelling?

  No wonder my mama loves potato from Holland.

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:12

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  Mm Tsai . 

  just joking...

  yes just like ho lin tau = holland bean...

  

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:13

  Hor lan tau is baked beans

• BanguIzai

  23 Nov 11, 23:14

  Originally posted by winsomeea:

  
  You mean hor lan zeee as in my own spelling?

  No wonder my mama loves potato from Holland.

  Ya, 3 Hokkien forms are available

  • Ho Lan Tsu  â—„  ( Choo )
  • Ho Lan Tsi  â—„  ( Zeee )
  • Ho Lan Tsɯ  â—„ (Tsir)

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:15

  chempedek is chempedek in hokkien

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:15

  This is ho lin tau

  

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:15

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  Ya, 3 Hokkien forms are available

  • Ho Lan Tsu  â—„  ( Choo )
  • Ho Lan Tsi  â—„  ( Zeee )
  • Ho Lan Tsɯ  â—„ (Tsir)

  
  I see .   As in chiu zeee

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:16

  anyone want to give a wild guess on seperti?

   

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:16

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  This is ho lin tau

  

  
  o I see.    Nowadays I see these in supermart, I forgot what they are called in hokkien.

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:16

  seperti?   i dunno

  Aw kwee tau , long beans

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:18

  Originally posted by winsomeea:

  seperti?   i dunno

  Aw kwee tau , long beans

  French bean = Or kwee tau.

  

  Long bean = Chai tau

  

• BanguIzai

  23 Nov 11, 23:18

  Originally posted by winsomeea:

  chempedek is chempedek in hokkien

  Yes,  Chempedak   mostly nativised as Tsiam Pit Lah in Hokkien.

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:19

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  French bean = Or kwee tau.

  

  oh I see.  What about long beans?   I always think aw kwee tau is long beans.

• BanguIzai

  23 Nov 11, 23:19

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  anyone want to give a wild guess on seperti?

   

  I can't guess. 

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:20

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  Yes,  Chempedak   mostly nativised as Tsiam Pit Lah in Hokkien.

  Oh ya, now I remember hearing tsiam pit lah in hokkien.      nice heaty fruit.    Eaten fresh or goreng.

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:21

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  I can't guess. 

  very common shorten to 2 syallabus as se per = Hokkien. Meaning altered to very.

  found out from an old friend recently.

  

• BanguIzai

  23 Nov 11, 23:22

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  very common shorten to 2 syallabus as se per = Hokkien. Meaning altered to very.

  found out from an old friend recently.

  

  Waaaat !

  OMG !

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:23

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  Waaaat !

  OMG !

  That's my initial reaction too...

  

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:24

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  That's my initial reaction too...

  

  I don't get it.

• BanguIzai

  23 Nov 11, 23:26

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  That's my initial reaction too...

  

  嚇我一大跳

  Hor Wa Tsh'uah Tsit E Kiaá´º

• Clivebenss

  23 Nov 11, 23:28

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  嚇我一大跳

  Hor Wa Tsh'uah Tsit E Kiaá´º

  mian kia..

   

• winsomeea

  23 Nov 11, 23:31

  kia jiak kia hong swa   

• Fcukpap

  23 Nov 11, 23:34

  aiyo...kia si mi la....kia su mi da...