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Roger Morris (rmorris++at++tswl.co.uk)
Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:45:57 -0800

> From: fair++at++iss.nus.sg (Kim Michael Fairchild), on 11/02/97 12:24:
>
>
> >> >
> >> > Today is Asian New year in the sign of Buffalo, It is a
> >> > nicest way to begin a new year then I wish :
> >> >
> >> > A NICEST BUFFALO YEAR FOR YOU ALL .
> >> >
> >> > Tran.
> >> >
> >>
> >> ...or, as my fiancee would say:
> >>
> >> chu'c mu+`ng na(m mo+'i
> >>
> >> K.
> >>
>
> Actually to all the US types on this list, this note might be
> confusing. The English translatation should be the "Year of the Ox".
> Tran said Buffalo which is literally right, but it gets confusing for
> us Western types as we think of the Buffalos of the wild west in the
> states not the water buffalo which is correct.
>

In Europe, we know the difference between a buffalo and a bison

You can't wash your hands in a buffalo!
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