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Special Presidential Combo: Sticky Rice and Virtue Soup

If Mitt Romney hopes to win his home state of Massachusetts, he might do well to offer the VP spot to Fred Thompson.  The combination sounds delicious. (HT: Fark)

[Massachusetts Secretary of State William] Galvin says the federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates' names into Chinese characters in precincts with prominent Chinese-speaking populations.

But there's more than a little lost in translation, according to Galvin.

Since there's no Chinese character for "Romney," translators have resorted to finding characters that most closely match the sound of each syllable in the name.
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So Mitt Romney could be read as "Sticky Rice" or "Uncooked Rice." Fred Thompson might be read as "Virtue Soup."

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Special Presidential Combo: Sticky Rice and Virtue Soup

If Mitt Romney hopes to win his home state of Massachusetts, he might do well to offer the VP spot to Fred Thompson.  The combination sounds delicious. (HT: Fark)

[Massachusetts Secretary of State William] Galvin says the federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates' names into Chinese characters in precincts with prominent Chinese-speaking populations.

But there's more than a little lost in translation, according to Galvin.

Since there's no Chinese character for "Romney," translators have resorted to finding characters that most closely match the sound of each syllable in the name.
...
So Mitt Romney could be read as "Sticky Rice" or "Uncooked Rice." Fred Thompson might be read as "Virtue Soup."