Sinophone Puns

DOI : 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1750946

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1750946

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氾愛萬華，天地一華 (Love the Myriad; Heaven and Earth are One Sinophone)

氾愛萬華，天地一華 is a proposal and prototype of a new flag to represent a sino- cultural and linguistic identity that does not revolve a geographic centre or nationality (similar to the Francophone flag). The flag consists of two trigrams (also found on south korea's flag) representing heaven and earth juxtaposed with the character 「華」shaped into a globe to represent various sinophone cultures around the world.

Part of the design was inspired by calligraphy and a red stamp seal which becomes a bit more apparent when you hang it vertically (see image below). The design is also inspired by a quote in 莊子, a foundational Daoist text, stating 泛愛萬物，天地一體 (translated to "Love the myriad things, Heaven and Earth are one body"). To me, it means that there are many diverse sinophone cultures throughout the globe that can communicate different ideas with one another in a decentralized manner.

Since this is a prototype, I'm totally open to other sinophone flag proposals such as the existing ones on this group. I thought it would be fun to print one and see how it would look in different contexts.

Prototype on display (hung vertically and backside view)

https://preview.redd.it/tbu95raqd6251.jpg?width=1331&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a412bfe054377ed1d9c21735eed80846f1b93868

の has also proliferated on signs and labels in the Chinese-speaking world, especially in Taiwan because of its historical connections with Japan. It is used in place of the Modern Chinese possessive marker 的 de or Classical Chinese possessive marker 之 zhī, and の is pronounced in the same way as the Chinese character it replaces. This is usually done to "stand out" or to give an "exotic/Japanese feel", e.g. in commercial brand names, such as the fruit juice brand 鲜の每日C, where the の can be read as both 之 zhī, the possessive marker, and as 汁 zhī, meaning "juice".[8] In Hong Kong, the Companies Registry has extended official recognition to this practice, and permits の to be used in Chinese names of registered businesses; it is thus the only non-Chinese symbol to be granted this treatment (aside from punctuation marks with no pronunciation value).[9]

Do your worst!

It really does, I swear!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

They’re on standbi

Buenosdillas

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

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Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac