Bad Language Translation???

[BassChaser57]

I was in Shanghi China at a market the other day and the merchants were all over us, grabbing us trying to get us to buy. This got old so I wanted to know how to get them to leave us alone. I asked a local how to get them to stop and was advised to tell them ---BOOYAH---

After laughing, I asked what that translated to and was told it meant "I don't want it and get away."

I wonder if Bill Dance knows he is selling a product that in Chineese means;

BOOYAH = GET AWAY, I DON'T WANT IT?

Booyah is a great lure company but got a laugh out of it anyway. 8-)

[mainebasser]

That's Awesome!!

[justfishin]

So thats what my girlfriend means when she says " Booyah ". :-/

[jiangtao]

I think that should be "bu yao" Proper Chinese should be "bu xiang", but no one ever says it proper. Whenever I went to the market I always ignored people until I found that one vendor who wasn't interested in ripping me off!

[Guest avid]

So thats what my girlfriend means when she says " Booyah ". :-/

Excellent!!!

You beat me and the mudster to the punchline.

Welcome aboard the "quipsters" always welcome wit, silliness, and anything that brings on a smile.

[Redlinerobert]

For some reason booyah sounds like Hawaiian slang to me -

[Marty]

booyah

  interjection an exclamation used to express extreme pleasure, approval, etc.

[BassChaser57]

It is just some fun stuff. Still wonder where the lure company got it's name? 8-)

[Rob G.]

I think that should be "bu yao" Proper Chinese should be "bu xiang", but no one ever says it proper. Whenever I went to the market I always ignored people until I found that one vendor who wasn't interested in ripping me off!

Jiangtao,  Thanks for the proper translation.  We would have slaughtered this for a long time!

[justfishin]

:)Avid, my job consist of being focused and on a dead run 12-14 hours a day, fours day a week. The Docs I am around don't allow smiling it seems. I allow myself the luxury of being goofy when I am not on shift. I tell you this, when someone writes something in here I see the potential for a one liner coming I look forward to you and Muddies view and wait for your combination Mark Twain-Groucho Marx one liners !!!