1266 HKSAR Name of the Day

Kennis Tsang, Sau Mau Ping, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 3 Sept 2011)

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Large Fat Tongues

I've noticed more TV presenters and celebrities who have large fat tongues. This makes them talk in a characteristic and noticeable way (lispy, if you like). For example, TV chefs Jamie Oliver and Allegra McEvedy.

And then coincidentally, while watching a BBC documentary called The Men Who Made Us Fat, the presenter Jacques Peretti also had a large fat tongue. A doctor put him in an MRI machine and examined how much internal (visceral) fat he had. Peretti is a classic example known as a TOFI; thin outside fat inside.

Has there been any studies that have linked fat people (either obese, overweight or TOFI's) with having large fat tongues? Can the presence of having a large fat tongue be a predictor that someone has, or could have, a dangerous amount of fat in their bodies?


Apparently, Hong Kong people look healthy but in actual fact many of them as classic TOFI's (see post here).

Food for thought !!


The Men Who Made Us Fat Part 1 of 12 (YouTube)

1265 HKSAR Name of the Day

Pierre Pang, research assistant, Professional Teachers' Union, Hong Kon

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1264 HKSAR Name of the Day

Edison Chen Koon-hei, HK celebrity, Hong Kong
see 0578 HKSAR Name of the Day and Bobo Chan sex-photos scandal

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Name Category: Rare; son-suffix

1263 HKSAR Name of the Day

Randy Miu, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 3 Sept 2011)

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Name Category: Rare for females; Rare for males

1262 HKSAR Name of the Day

Queeny Au Yeung Kwai-yue, judge (Madam Justice), Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation; Self-important

1261 HKSAR Name of the Day

Bobo Cheung, assistant marketing manager, Tai Pan Mooncakes (the first bakery to introduce the "snow skin" mooncake in 1989), Hong Kong  

see 0210, 0375 and 1237 HKSAR Names of the Day

 

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival !!

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Name Category: Creation; Somewhat common in Hong Kong

1260 HKSAR Name of the Day

Judianna Barnes Wai-ling, appeal judge, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation; Substitution

1259 HKSAR Name of the Day

Zandra Mok Yee-tuen, researcher, Hong Kong Policy Research Institute, Hong Kong
see 0269 HKSAR Name of the Day

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Name Category: Rare

1258 HKSAR Name of the Day

Zeco Wan, coach, 26 Coaching (elite triathlon training and youth development), Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation

1257 HKSAR Name of the Day

Fenella Ng, executive committee member, Hong Kong Triathlon Association

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Name Category: Rare

1256 HKSAR Name of the Day

Sunny Luk Kim-ching, movie director, Hong Kong

see 0147, 0572, 0703, 0931, 1109, 1146 HKSAR Names of the Day

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Name Category: Rare; somewhat common in Hong Kong

1255 HKSAR Name of the Day

Longman Leung Lok-man, movie director, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation; Phonetic-based

1254 HKSAR Name of the Day

Dante Lam Chiu-yin, movie director, Hong Kong [e.g. The Beast Stalker (2008), The Stool Pigeon (2010)]

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1253 HKSAR Name of the Day

Elvis Luk Wai-ki, researcher, Hong Kong Ideas Centre

see 0164, 0707, 0890 and 1186 HKSAR Names of the Day.

Also, It's Official: Hong Kong Sevens Equals Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll

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Name Category: Rare; Self-important; somewhat common in Hong Kong

1252 HKSAR Name of the Day

Charlize Liu, public affairs manager, New World First Bus Services Limited, Citybus Limited, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Rare