Mary Hui
@maryhui.bsky.social
Weather reporter, Bloomberg News. Formerly, Quartz. Wrote http://theasymmetric.substack.com (now on hiatus). ✉️ mhui52@bloomberg.net
📍Hong Kong
📍Hong Kong
Thank you so much. I'm very grateful to have been a small part of the mighty Quartz newsroom.
April 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thank you so much. I'm very grateful to have been a small part of the mighty Quartz newsroom.
Reposted by Mary Hui
Hong Kong's Information Services Department has a few remnants of protocol from the days it was a British colony, so it occasionally uses Latin terms such as "cum".
Here's something from @maryhui.bsky.social to explain it
theoutline.com/post/7091/ho...
Here's something from @maryhui.bsky.social to explain it
theoutline.com/post/7091/ho...
Hong Kong has a cum problem
The archaic Latin word haunts local life, to much amusement and chagrin.
theoutline.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Hong Kong's Information Services Department has a few remnants of protocol from the days it was a British colony, so it occasionally uses Latin terms such as "cum".
Here's something from @maryhui.bsky.social to explain it
theoutline.com/post/7091/ho...
Here's something from @maryhui.bsky.social to explain it
theoutline.com/post/7091/ho...