Newest building on U of C campus. Fok Ying International House

[Bertuzzied]

hahaha. I was dropping my friend off at the u of C and was asking her what they were building there. She said the ****ing international house, the new international res. Of course I totally didn't believe her until i saw the big assed sign. hehe.

Who wouldn't want to stay there? Wonder if its hourly? hehe

[Table 5]

it's actually Fok Ying Tung! ha

[Kjesse]

Someone care to post a pic of the sign? That's pretty funny.

[Cliche]

Since it's for the international students, there should certainly be some cunning linguists there.

[Berger_4_]

Ah, you mean the IHOP! (Some kidders thought it'd be funny to put "Of Pancakes" underneath the sign haha) I'll head over there and toss a pic up later if you guys really want one haha.

[Incinerator]

I wondered why they didn't just use his English name and named it Henry Fok International House, surely the University Admin must've read it out loud in their heads before rubber-stamping the naming rights docs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fok

[icarus]

I lived for a year at the international residence at Queen's, and I can say yes, this name should be quite appropriate...

[Russic]

The first time I read it, I thought it was Fok Yung Ting ... haven't been able to look at it as anything else ever since.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Incinerator

I wondered why they didn't just use his English name and named it Henry Fok International House, surely the University Admin must've read it out loud in their heads before rubber-stamping the naming rights docs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fok

Its the U of C. Attention to detail isnt their style.

[Berger_4_]

Wow Locke...you really do hate this place.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Berger_4_

Wow Locke...you really do hate this place.

So, so much....