Category Archives: History

That was then, this is now

Khah chá sī khah chá, chím-á sī chím-á

Fascist

Hoat-se-su

Mûi-thé bô liáu-kái hiān-tāi khióng-pò·-chú-gī ê Hoat-se-su pún-chit.

The media don’t understand the fascist character of modern terrorism.

Moribund

Khiong-hòa / kiong-hòa

The Maryknoll Dictionary has teh beh siau-bia̍t8, as in teh beh siau-bia̍t8 ê bûn-bêng (moribund civilization).

Related entry here.

Mason-Dixon Line

Bí-kok ê lâm-pak hun-kài-sòaⁿ

The First Sino-Japanese War

Kah-ngó· Chìan-cheng [甲午戰爭]

Chicken coop city

I just found out that the old name for Keelung (基隆, or, in Taiwanese, Ke-lâng) was Ke-lang (雞籠), meaning “chicken cage” or “chicken coop”.  Fascinating. Still like “Beat-dog City” the best, though.

Come and take it

The lean (post-War) years

Han-chî-chhiam ê sî-tāi

Hìan-hoat khí-chhó-jîn

Framers of the constitution

Han-chî-chhiam ê sî-taī

The lean years (in Taiwan)