Gun Haggis Fat Choy! (what?)

**BEEDEE** · 8th February 11, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Morris at Heathfield

恭哈革斯發財！

According to babelfish translation it means gong leather Si gets rich!

Might have been an attempt to translate the event name to chinese.

Brian

**CMcG** · 8th February 11, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by BEEDEE

According to babelfish translation it means gong leather Si gets rich!

Might have been an attempt to translate the event name to chinese.

Brian

A traditional Chinese New Year greeting is "Gong Hei Faat Choy" (恭喜發財), which sort of means "congrats and prosperity." Morris of Heathfield took out the character for hei (喜) and replaced it with a phonetic sinocization of haggis (hagesi or 哈革斯). So Brian is correct that it is a translation of the event name.

**Oldhiker** · 9th February 11, 10:00 AM

The Pacific NW of North America (Seattle/Vancouver) would not have been built without the toils of both the Chinese and Scot immigrants to the area. It is very fitting we celebrate together.

**The Barry** · 9th February 11, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Oldhiker

The Pacific NW of North America (Seattle/Vancouver) would not have been built without the toils of both the Chinese and Scot immigrants to the area. It is very fitting we celebrate together.

And a lot of fun!

**Woodsheal** · 13th February 11, 10:00 AM

If haggis-filled egg rolls are a reality, I WANT THEM...!

**Clansmen** · 13th February 11, 10:56 AM

As a Scot married to a beautiful Chinese lass, we do tend to mix and match certain things to accommodate both our heritages so many occasions we have traditional haggis, neaps & tatties followed by dim sum sometimes we will have some pancake rolls filled with haggis etc. When we have friends over for dinner we have ambient music which is a mixture of Scottish airs & jigs with some traditional Chinese Erhu music. It all makes for a great time and so far all our friends enjoy the experience too.