Different countries,
Different cultures
one common language... the ukulele.
The Chinese word for Ukulele looks fascinating : 烏克麗麗 . I wonder how long it would take me to try and write it on paper ! If you have any idea what the various Chinese ideograms composing the word ukulele are, I’d love to hear from you !
Anyhow, by means of an introduction, this short Chinese ukulele greeting song :
Today’s ukulele visits will take us to Korea and Singapore.
The first video has a rather catchy melody and is a cover of a song by Korean singer Harim, called Chocolate story. When listening to the song, it seems like the word “chocolate” sounds similar in Korean. The written word is another story : 초콜릿
Yes the eighth of the eighth is that time of year when I’m supposedly becoming one year wiser.
Here is a little world tour of ukulele birthday songs :
Let’s start with the world famous Birthday greeting, sounding a bit more exotic in Chinese
While we are in Asia, here is a song called Sweet Happy Birthday by Ayano Tsuji…
Lors de mon voyage en Chine, je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher de prendre une photo dans les toilettes d’un restaurant où nous avons mangé.
Drôle d’idée me direz-vous, aller en Chine et prendre des photos des toilettes…
Du coup, je me sens obligée de faire une description très prosaïque des toilettes en Chine dans la plupart des lieux publics :
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