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WCDT - 6-10 September 2010 (1746-1750)

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Near Lurker:
It reminds me of when Kennedy said "one means 'danger,' and the other means 'opportunity'" - well, yes, because it's an opportunity for danger!  That's what a crisis is!

Akima:

--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 16 Sep 2010, 09:07 ---It reminds me of when Kennedy said "one means 'danger,' and the other means 'opportunity'" - well, yes, because it's an opportunity for danger!  That's what a crisis is!
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I assume you're referring to this JFK quotation: "When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." There is only one problem with his remark. It is wrong.

The Chinese word for "crisis" is not, repeat not, repeat NOT made up of characters meaning "danger" and "opportunity". You don't have to take my word for it; Go and read this article, or this one, or this Wikipedia entry.

Kugai:
It's probably one of those old myths like the one about the Chinese character for trouble.

raoullefere:
If you mean. "May you live in 'interesting times,'" the Kennedys were in on that, too.

Tergon:
Yeah, but the good old Jam Doughnut wasn't exactly known for getting full marks in other languages, was he?

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