Comments on: CHINESE SEMIOTICS http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/ Creative thinking and critique from Dave Trott Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: john w. http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12215 john w. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:37:42 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12215 Ah Cottonopolis! Ah Cottonopolis!

]]> By: Rob Mortimer http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12214 Rob Mortimer Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:42:24 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12214 Well, I am in Manchester right now... Well, I am in Manchester right now…

]]> By: john w. http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12213 john w. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:35:55 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12213 Surely Lancashire is where there is light, Rob? I thought you could have been the Dark Knight! Surely Lancashire is where there is light, Rob?
I thought you could have been the Dark Knight!

]]> By: Rob Mortimer http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12212 Rob Mortimer Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:25:21 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12212 But its light here... Hi John W! But its light here…

Hi John W!

]]> By: john w. http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12211 john w. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:20:52 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12211 Wotcha Rob. How's it hanging on the dark side? Wotcha Rob. How’s it hanging on the dark side?

]]> By: Rob Mortimer http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12210 Rob Mortimer Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:59:01 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12210 John - Apparently my uncle captained an army team at the HK stadium while stationed there in the 50s. John - Apparently my uncle captained an army team at the HK stadium while stationed there in the 50s.

]]> By: john w. http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12209 john w. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:04:29 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12209 Dave, You are a veritable font of knowledge. Dave,
You are a veritable font of knowledge.

]]> By: dave http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12208 dave Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:12:16 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12208 John. Apparently Jonathan Pearce was commentating with Bobby Moore once and Bobby asked him if he played much football. Pearce said he stopped playing because he couldn't run, couldn't head the ball, and never crossed the halfway line. Bobby Moore said, "I made a career out of that." John.
Apparently Jonathan Pearce was commentating with Bobby Moore once and Bobby asked him if he played much football.
Pearce said he stopped playing because he couldn’t run, couldn’t head the ball, and never crossed the halfway line.
Bobby Moore said, “I made a career out of that.”

]]> By: john w. http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12207 john w. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:04:24 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12207 I made like a gwei loh and ghosted into the box to score the winner in Victoria Park once. Mind you that was the only time I ventured up field. It can get a tad humid in Hong Kong. I made like a gwei loh and ghosted into the box to score the winner in Victoria Park once. Mind you that was the only time I ventured up field. It can get a tad humid in Hong Kong.

]]> By: Ant Melder http://www.cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/02/chinese-semiotics/#comment-12206 Ant Melder Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:38:33 +0000 http://cstadvertising.com/blog/?p=192#comment-12206 Rob - 'gwei loh' is literally 'white ghost'. Yeah, it's sort of derogatory (a bit like the equivalent of 'Chinky'), but Chinese people often use it in jest with no ill-feeling. Rob - ‘gwei loh’ is literally ‘white ghost’. Yeah, it’s sort of derogatory (a bit like the equivalent of ‘Chinky’), but Chinese people often use it in jest with no ill-feeling.

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