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Sihing Mike D.

May 20th, 2008 by mike d. in KungFu, Quickthoughts

I’ll be retrieving my satin Kung Fu instructor uniform this week.

On it will be embroidered the words “Sihing Mike D.” in gold. When I get it, I’ll take pictures.

In Cantonese, Si means ‘teacher’ and Hing means ‘brother’.

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8 Comments »

Comment by mike d. |
2008-05-20 13:57:04

Added bonus:

Women instructors are referred to as Sijehs. Jeh means sister in Cantonese.

 
Comment by smcquaid |
2008-05-21 06:03:56

Of course, when I read this, I thought your satin Kung Fu uniform read “Shining Mike D.” which would be a little….strange.

Comment by mike d. |
2008-05-21 08:39:18

This made me laugh out loud.

 
Comment by Ryan Schenk |
2008-05-21 09:27:35

I thought the same thing, Shaun, so you’re not the only weirdo…

 
 
Comment by Patrick |
2008-05-21 11:19:29

Count me a third.

 
Comment by Jes Saint |
2008-05-21 11:29:37

I misread it as well, but I read it as “sighing”.

 
Comment by Jesse |
2008-05-21 19:08:20

must be a “jes” thing. i too read sighing. i think none of us are weird though. i think the word sihing is really bizarre to people who don’t speak Cantonese…

 
Comment by shamus |
2008-05-22 15:52:07

I keep miss reading it as “singing”

 
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