A cursed bag? :o
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I was in a car accident a few weeks ago. Truck ran a red light as I was turning. My car was totaled. Now I'm too scared to carry the bag I had that day. Luckily it was just my "errands" bag but still, I love that bag.
in my culture, flip flops and shoes are considered bad luck because in the chinese language and dialects, the word for shoes/slippers/flipflops sounds like the word for bad luck and unlucky
The first time I wore my one and only LV, it rained all of a sudden. And as I was taking stuff out of the car, I got watermarks on the vachetta. On its either 2nd or 3rd outing, brought it to a mini conference, I had to stand up since somebody approached me while we were having lunch. I dropped my fork with just consumed water melon onto it. Again, a mark or too. After that, I just relaxed about carrying it, and the jinx seemed to disappear.
Or, you could feel lucky that while your car is toast, you are OK? Sometimes it's a matter of perspective.
I say, keep wearing the bag. If something else goes wrong while wearing it, then the bag is definitely unlucky!
How interesting!
Please share the words for both slippers & bad luck, if don't mind.
So, does your culture avoid wearing zori/flip flop/etc.?
Or simply avoid saying the name, to avoid bad luck?
Real interesting thread. I can't say I have any unlucky items. I think its just me in general that has the bad luck sometimes. And sometimes when it rains, it pours and a downfall of events seem to begin. But my life motto is that you can't always lose and one of these days it will be my turn to win (and in some unfortunate times/ situations, I end up the victor instead of the loser)
Great perspective & advice [emoji4] thank you [emoji5]Or, you could feel lucky that while your car is toast, you are OK? Sometimes it's a matter of perspective.
I say, keep wearing the bag. If something else goes wrong while wearing it, then the bag is definitely unlucky!
I bought a bag when I was in my first trimester of pregnancy with my son. I was so sick with morning sickness that after that passed, I couldn't bring myself to carry that bag because it reminded me of being nauseous. I realize it sounds silly but it took about 2 years to get over the physical reaction every time I saw the bag. I did get over it and eventually sold her but man it was a strong response.
It's been a long time since I've written in Chinese so any mistakes someone please point out, thanks
靴 boots "xue"
鞋 shoes "xie"
拖鞋 slippers aka flip flops "tuo xie"
All sound like xie which is dialect pronunciation of bad luck/unlucky ( the characters are the same but different pronunciation, written it's the same). In hainanese dialect it sounds exactly like "xie".
Boots sounds a bit more like hokkien pronunciation of bad luck.
I love my flip flops and where I am from, almost all of us are in flip flops but I won't go for a shoe, flip flop or heel birthday cake, ornament and accessories or giving shoes and shoe shaped things as gifts.
kids these days don't care but I'm not young anymore [emoji33]
No problems with saying the words either , we say it all the time haha
Yes, I've had this too. But more so, certain kids' films make me feel sick because I associate them with morning sickness (I think the ones I used to put on to keep my toddler busy while I was feeling like death lying on the sofa). Ugh.
Thank you very much for explaining. ♡
I, also, enjoy the sound wordplay. Especially in Chinese art images.
Adds a lot to experience & makes things more fun & beautiful.
Appreciate your kind help in understanding about shoes. Fascinating stuff!