However, those pictures also culturally incorrect. I gave 1 star for the effort of the illustrators who draws the pictures. Is this valid reason? I don't think so because there is no base to prove that Chinese people has long names before. I very much prefer that the author would do a bit more research in putting the Chinese names and pick something that sounds more like Chinese language with the correct meaning.Īs for the story, it's a very simple and at the end was telling us why Chinese people giving their children a short names rather than great long names. So, it is a pity if they have to remember incorrect things in their life. Children has wonderful brain that enable them to remember things when they were young and still remember it even after when they became grandparent. While it's probably fun in English to chant the names but it is still saying things with wrong meaning. I actually confused them by teaching the wrong meanings of "Chang". As someone who understand Chinese & Japanese language, I feel it is very annoying to tell a wrong thing to the children. In fact, the long name 'tikki tikki tembo-no. doesn't mean "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world" and also 'Chang' doesn't mean "little or nothing". While it's probably fun One thing that really bothers me is that the long name Tikki Tikki Tembo-no. One thing that really bothers me is that the long name Tikki Tikki Tembo-no.
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