長知識了！ 然後想起澳門也有不少街名的有趣故事，有空再寫。
【咁烏龍嘅！】香港早期的街道係有英文名先，再由師爺譯中文，而當年嘅官員(莫非叫阿Chirs? ) 的英語程度參差，擺咗唔少烏龍。例如Sycamore 係指無花果樹，可能因為意頭唔好，師爺索性以音譯成「詩歌舞街」，又幾有意境。究竟邊幾條街能夠打入十大烏龍至最？去片！
【Lost in translation】In the old days, Hong Kong’s streets were first christened in English before the names were translated into Chinese. Inevitably, some things got lost in translation, to sometimes surprising effect.
Take Sycamore Street in Tai Kok Tsui. Rather than giving it a cursed literal translation of “mo fa kor gai”, or flowerless fruit street, it’s beautifully transliterated into “si gor mo gai”, ie. poetic dance street.
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