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hatchlings - visual pun
May. 12th, 2009 02:18 pmOK, why I think this is humorous:
The name of this Facebook game is "Hatchlings." They use color to separate "hatch" from "lings".
Meanwhile, we see the year: 2009. But instead of zeroes, we see broken eggshells, from which the hatchlings have presumably emerged.
When you say the year 2009 in Mandarin, you say the numbers individually: 2-0-0-9.
Or, in pinyin, èr-líng-líng-jiŭ.
See those "lings"? Yup, "líng" means "zero."
Hatch-lings, you see.
Like I said before, that I can even see this is proof of... something. Not sure what.
The name of this Facebook game is "Hatchlings." They use color to separate "hatch" from "lings".
Meanwhile, we see the year: 2009. But instead of zeroes, we see broken eggshells, from which the hatchlings have presumably emerged.
When you say the year 2009 in Mandarin, you say the numbers individually: 2-0-0-9.
Or, in pinyin, èr-líng-líng-jiŭ.
See those "lings"? Yup, "líng" means "zero."
Hatch-lings, you see.
Like I said before, that I can even see this is proof of... something. Not sure what.
