Re: what's the root of 'ben' ?
- From: Mike Wright <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 18:14:53 -0600
calm_weather wrote:
dabbog@xxxxxxxxx wrote:i felt a link with it.my first name was ben.how can it mean mountain?
tia.
Someone told me 笨 ben as in 笨蛋 means stupid.
If we can randomly shift languages, then 便 ben as in 大便 means "convenience".
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