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PSA: It's the LUNAR New Year, not the CHINESE New Year

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Syringer

Lifer
Lunar = moon, since the year is based on moon cycles.

Chinese = country/people that celebrates it, not what the holiday is based on.
 
The Chinese created the Lunar calendar, they're probably the first to celebrate it, therefore I think Chinese New Year is not far off. It sucks now that I have to give out red envelops instead of receiving them, and I haven't received one for years now.
 
Thank you. This is so that the term is all inclusive to other countries that celebrate this day - Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese, etc.

Lunar New Year is more PC.

But then again, if you really want to argue, Chinese invented the Lunar Calendar so.....
 
Originally posted by: SSSnail
The Chinese created the Lunar calendar, they're probably the first to celebrate it, therefore I think Chinese New Year is not far off. It sucks now that I have to give out red envelops instead of receiving them, and I haven't received one for years now.
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Well, we don't say Happy Roman New Year now do we =p
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: SSSnail
The Chinese created the Lunar calendar, they're probably the first to celebrate it, therefore I think Chinese New Year is not far off. It sucks now that I have to give out red envelops instead of receiving them, and I haven't received one for years now.
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Well, we don't say Happy Roman New Year now do we =p
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Why is it the Gregorian calendar then? Why not the solar calendar?

And we don't say happy roman new year because it's the one we use. Do you think people in china call up a chinese food place for delivery? I don't go buy canadian milk, I just buy milk, yeah it's canadian, but I don't specify.
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: SSSnail
The Chinese created the Lunar calendar, they're probably the first to celebrate it, therefore I think Chinese New Year is not far off. It sucks now that I have to give out red envelops instead of receiving them, and I haven't received one for years now.
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Well, we don't say Happy Roman New Year now do we =p
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Italians don't celebrate it. Its Chinese New Year. Stop the non sense.
 
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: Mo0o
eh, semantics. I still call it "chinatown" instead of "international district"
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There are people who call Chinatown "International District?" That's news to me.
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Depends on where you live. In San Francisco, it's Chinatown. In Seattle, it's the International District.
 
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: Mo0o
eh, semantics. I still call it "chinatown" instead of "international district"
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There are people who call Chinatown "International District?" That's news to me.
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In Seattle the Chinatown is also called the International District.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: Mo0o
eh, semantics. I still call it "chinatown" instead of "international district"
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There are people who call Chinatown "International District?" That's news to me.
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Depends on where you live. In San Francisco, it's Chinatown. In Seattle, it's the International District.
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There aren't subtitles for each area within the International District? Like in LA, there's Little Tokyo, K-Town, Chinatown, etc-town. Same as in New York and SF. International District almost sounds like an area for doing commercial business transactions moreso than ethnically dominated areas.
 
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