Monday, February 24, 2014

Up with 耕東蝦! Down with 煲冬瓜!!


Okay, we all know that Cantonese is a rich language, with all its rhymes and tones.

But would somebody please tell me the significance of the following ?

「87」「25」「MM」「HK2668」「HK8989」「HK69」「HK332」「HK1188」「HK608」「75」「63」
These are all vanity license plates in Hong Kong much sought after.  But I don’t have a clue why.

Any blogger who can explain in full will be crowned my second favorite blogpal. (Sorry, my favorite blogpal was determined years ago)
original source: http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20140224/18635857

8 comments:

  1. 我解到 332 生生易,想生BB啱用; 8989 發久發久.
    某啲可能係個人選擇。 我細佬BID咗個生日牌 519 ,諗住無乜人爭都要比咗好多錢。
    不過幾時有個 "8" 都啱香港人嘅, 除咗 "528"。

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  2. 8=發達,9=長長久久,6=六六無窮,3=三三不盡/生猛/風生水起,2=易。
    28=易發,328=生意發,168=一路發,899=發達發到長長久久。
    4=死,所以不受歡迎。但上海話4同水同音,水=$,所以上海船運大亨個車牌就係4。
    仲有,1314=一生一世,708=出黎發,524=唔易死,總之真係任你up啦。
    除咗發音好意頭,車牌號碼仲係要嚟晒身份地位身家。
    一兩個數字嘅車牌高價係歷史原因,當年好少人有車,所以車牌得一兩個數目字,擁有都係達官貴人,有呢啲靚number嘅人冇乜事都唔會賣咗佢啦,之後先發達就有錢都好難買得到啦。所以後嚟政府將啲好特別嘅車牌拍賣只限跟一個人,死咗就要交番比政府再賣過,唔准留比個仔。
    當年,1號車牌係警務處長,2號車牌係財政司,財政司寧願要個普通車牌都拎個2號車牌出黎賣話增加政府收入喎,於是有人叫警務處長都拎車牌出黎賣啦,但佢話1號車牌係代表警隊嘅尊嚴,唔會賣喎。

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    1. Thank you for the detailed explanation.
      我記得五十年代我老豆個車牌係 HK9599,number 咁高即係窮光蛋... :-)

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    2. HK9599係靚number,好值錢。凡HK字頭都已經值錢,仲要有3條9,你老豆應該請左人飲茶先會有呢個靚車牌。

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    3. 嘩,你學咗大班咁鬼識講說話,梗係唔係啦 :-)

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  3. People would like 1828 too. I guess you know why now.
    However, I personally won't like it as 日發夜發, what if it's not 發達, it's something else like 發病. You just never know.

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    1. Based on what I've heard in recent years, the word 發 in HK nowadays implies 發達/財.

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