Today was a good day because there were no dead fish to wake up to or come home to. And now I can introduce my new fish, which was a Christmas present from my lovely niece (it's made of glass.) It says on the card that came with it: In China, the delicate (don't we know) and lively (when it's not sick) goldfish is revered as a symbol of wealth ($0.15 at PetCo) and good fortune (not necessarily for the goldfish) - in fact, its Chinese name - jin-yu - sounds like "gold in abundance". Traditionally eight yellow and one black goldfish are placed in an aquarium to attract money (not sure how the silver and white goldfish effect the equation.) But having a school of our little guys in the house couldn't hurt (unless you kill them en-mass by mistake and it breaks your heart.) By the way, isn't it interesting that 'fish' is one of the few nouns in English which is the same for the singular and the plural. Can you name them all?
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
New fish
Today was a good day because there were no dead fish to wake up to or come home to. And now I can introduce my new fish, which was a Christmas present from my lovely niece (it's made of glass.) It says on the card that came with it: In China, the delicate (don't we know) and lively (when it's not sick) goldfish is revered as a symbol of wealth ($0.15 at PetCo) and good fortune (not necessarily for the goldfish) - in fact, its Chinese name - jin-yu - sounds like "gold in abundance". Traditionally eight yellow and one black goldfish are placed in an aquarium to attract money (not sure how the silver and white goldfish effect the equation.) But having a school of our little guys in the house couldn't hurt (unless you kill them en-mass by mistake and it breaks your heart.) By the way, isn't it interesting that 'fish' is one of the few nouns in English which is the same for the singular and the plural. Can you name them all?
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