{"id":8729,"date":"2023-07-15T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=8729"},"modified":"2023-07-15T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:00:48","slug":"oec-is-d-licious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2023\/oec-is-d-licious\/","title":{"rendered":"OEC is D-licious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, on my way to Wulai<\/a> (just south of Taipei), I spotted an interesting sign. Normally, the combination of “interesting sign” and “Wulai” means something in a language of one of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples<\/a>. But for today I have something different: Japanese, Taiwanese, and Mandarin. Plus another bonus sign in Japanese (I think) — but more on that later. <\/p>\n

I wasn’t able to get a good photo of my own, so here’s one from Google Street View<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Sign<\/a><\/p>\n

The “OEC” on the sign on the left is meant to represent Japanese “oishī” (美味しい \/ おいしい), which means “delicious.” Knowledge of some Japanese words is very common in Taiwan, much as knowing a few words in Spanish is common in parts of the USA. <\/p>\n

The whole top line is “OEC 手工麵線” (OEC shǒugōng miànxiàn) = “delicious handmade noodles.” The letters on the sign work like the hyphenated combinations in William Steig’s charming C D B<\/em>. <\/p>\n