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Name Category: Creation; Substitution
Enthusiastic reflections about names, the universe and everything, with a positive dose of critical thinking
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Thursday 30 November 2017
Tuesday 28 November 2017
2025 Novel Name of the Day
Wellington Fung, secretary general, Hong Kong Film Development Council, Hong Kong
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Name Category: Geography-based; Rare
Sunday 26 November 2017
2024 Novel Name of the Day
Ayesha M Lau (Mrs), council member, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Of Persian origin, and the meaning of Ayesha is "small one".
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Name Category: Rare
Friday 24 November 2017
Know What You Are Protecting
The Hong Kong Cancer Fund has a fantastic health advertisement advising men to protect their balls, er, crown jewels, er, assets. It's clever and, er, cocky. Ballsy, even!
However, it seems one of the men doesn't know his asset from his elbow, perhaps because he has never played football before. Who puts their hands there (look at the big red arrow in the above picture; man far right) when a football is being blasted straight towards you?
Good message though! Real Men Protect Their Assets
Here's the sequence of events as shown in the video: Hong Kong Cancer Fund x The Wynners: "Be on guard against prostate cancer!"
However, it seems one of the men doesn't know his asset from his elbow, perhaps because he has never played football before. Who puts their hands there (look at the big red arrow in the above picture; man far right) when a football is being blasted straight towards you?
Good message though! Real Men Protect Their Assets
Here's the sequence of events as shown in the video: Hong Kong Cancer Fund x The Wynners: "Be on guard against prostate cancer!"
2023 Novel Name of the Day
Mimi Li Shuk-ping, consultant dietitian at Children 818, Hong Kong
see 0852 Novel Name of the Day
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Name Category: Rare
Wednesday 22 November 2017
2022 Novel Name of the Day
Bart Cheng, key account manager with Hutchison Hain Organic (HHO), a Hong Kong-based distributor of natural and organic products
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Name Category: Rare
Monday 20 November 2017
Saturday 18 November 2017
2020 Novel Name of the Day
Yannis Mak Ka-yan, Tai Wai, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 19 Nov 2012)
see 2012 Novel Name of the Day
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Name Category: Creation; Phonetic-based
Thursday 16 November 2017
2019 Novel Name of the Day
Charling Wong Hei-lam, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 16 Nov 2012)
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Name Category: Creation
Tuesday 14 November 2017
Sunday 12 November 2017
2017 Novel Name of the Day
Yuffy Wong, Aberdeen, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 12 Nov 2012)
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Name Category: Creation
Friday 10 November 2017
2016 Novel Name of the Day
Lucetta Kam Yip-lo, assistant professor of Humanities at Hong Kong Baptist University and author of Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi communities and Politics in Urban China
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Name Category: Rare
Wednesday 8 November 2017
2015 Novel Name of the Day
Carlie Chan Ka-lai, Kowloon City, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 7 Nov 2012)
Carlie is a female name is of Old German and Latin origin, and the meaning of Carlie is "free man".
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Name Category: Phonetic-based? Rare
Monday 6 November 2017
2014 Novel Name of the Day
Berlin Chu Chim-ying, Sha Tin, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 6 Nov 2012)
Of German origin, and the meaning of Berlin is "borderline".
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Name Category: Geography-based; Rare
Saturday 4 November 2017
2013 Novel Name of the Day
Nallie Fong Wong Kut-man (Mrs), chairwoman, Promotion of Young Artists Foundation (www.poyaf.org.hk), Hong Kong
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Name Category: Creation; Substitution
Thursday 2 November 2017
2012 Novel Name of the Day
Yannis Mak, Tai Wai, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 1 Nov 2012) used the term "glass cancer" for the problem of falling and breaking windows affecting some high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong
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