# Typhoon Longwang Washes Away 59 Chinese Soldiers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-longwang-washes-away-59-chinese-soldiers/324704 "2005-10-04T05:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AFAIKnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@AFAIKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AFAIKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-longwang-washes-away-59-chinese-soldiers/324704/1 "2005-10-04T05:05:41Z")
> **[Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/)** > > America is Watching. I mean…come on…I mean, really? Wong Way(sp?) from that EP-E3 spy plane incident a few years ago was worth a titter. But the Chinese’ American relations department must give out prizes if they can make us guffaw by using our own stereotypes of them. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-longwang-washes-away-59-chinese-soldiers/324704/2 "2005-10-04T06:07:50Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-longwang-washes-away-59-chinese-soldiers/324704/3 "2005-10-04T09:12:48Z")
> [@AFAIKnow](#): > > [http://www.foxnews.com/](http://www.foxnews.com/) > > I mean…come on…I mean, really? > > Wong Way(sp?) from that EP-E3 spy plane incident a few years ago was worth a titter. But the Chinese’ American relations department must give out prizes if they can make us guffaw by using our own stereotypes of them. _Long_ = Dragon _Wang_ = Glory, or prestige Naming a typhoon “Dragon’s Glory” or “Dragon’s Prestige” doesn’t sounds too corny to me. I believe you simply have no idea what you are talking about. The Chineses have the right to use any words they want. ---
**Author:** ![AFAIKnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@AFAIKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AFAIKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-longwang-washes-away-59-chinese-soldiers/324704/4 "2005-10-04T14:36:39Z")
> [@ExtraKun](#): > > _Long_ = Dragon > _Wang_ = Glory, or prestige > > Naming a typhoon “Dragon’s Glory” or “Dragon’s Prestige” doesn’t sounds too corny to me. I believe you simply have no idea what you are talking about. The Chineses have the right to use any words they want. And I have a right to laugh at it if I think it’s funny. Life is too short. I didn’t ask for a translation. It’s eaier to get than to expect some ostentatious erudite to step in and learn me the error of my ways, hence I put it in IMHO. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-longwang-washes-away-59-chinese-soldiers/324704/5 "2005-10-04T14:59:53Z")
I wonder how many of our Hurricane names translate into funny/offensive things in other languages. ‘Katrina’ could mean ‘donkey fucker’ in Swahili, as far as I know. Which would suck for people named Katrina, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-longwang-washes-away-59-chinese-soldiers/324704/6 "2005-10-04T15:01:09Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I wonder how many of our Hurricane names translate into funny/offensive things in other languages. ‘Katrina’ could mean ‘donkey fucker’ in Swahili, as far as I know. Which would suck for people named Katrina, of course. Happy donkeys though.