My Life with Taigi - family, identity, activism. From switching to Mandarin → reclaiming #Taigi at home, founding a nonprofit to help parents raise Taioanese kids, and facing stigma from younger clerks.

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Tâigael: Orchids, Maternal Care, and a New Rosetta Stone Written by Hannah Stevens and Will Buckingham. The article introduces Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic, a translation project linking two minoritised languages through English and Manda…

Delighted to have this published on Taiwan Insight today, written with @drhannahstevens.bsky.social — the first in a series about our @windandbones.com book, Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.

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#Taiwan #Scotland #Taigi #Gaelic #literature #translation

#Taiwanese #Taigi #Hokkien phrase of the week
sī-ui ūn-tōng (TRS)
sī-ui ūn-tōng (POJ)
示威運動
demonstration, protest march
This was during my first visit to Taiwan in 1989. Connecting with my Taiwanese roots meant street protests against fascists.

#taigi
#日本語
#漢語

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#Taiwanese #Taigi #Hokkien phrase of the week
khang-khang pān-kong-tshù (TRS)
khang-khang pān-kong-chhù (POJ)
空空的辦公處
Empty office
During covid, I spent a day at my office expecting zombies to attack.
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#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
pháinn lâng (TRS)
pháiⁿ lâng (POJ)
歹人
Bad people
This map shows the PRC military movements around Taiwan for just the month of April, 2025
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#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
Tâi-bí lâng Bí-tang hā-lēng hōe (POJ)
Tâi-bí lâng Bí-tang hā-līng hūe (TRS)
台美人美東夏令會
Taiwanese American Conference/East Coast
Artist Chao-Min Liu (劉兆民) painted this beautiful memory of the 2011 TAC/EC tacec.org

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
tsòng-lia̍t hi-sing (TRS)
chòng-lia̍t hi-seng (POJ)
壯烈犧牲
die for one's country

莊秋雄 uē 鄭南榕 shortly after he martyred himself in flames refusing to be arrested for his advocacy for Taiwan independence and freedom of speech.

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
m̄-tio̍h hîng-uî (TRS)
m̄-tio̍h hêng-uî (POJ)
不對行為
wrong actions

This map shows the wrong actions of the PRC military for only the month of March, 2025

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#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
khì-kong (TRS)
khì-kong (POJ)
氣功
Yoga-like art of breathing strength into one's body. At the Evolve Foundation , I had a chance to do khì-kong with a young man with Tourette syndrome. Thanks to Talking Taiwan for the Su Beng t-shirt

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
留佇咱的血內底
lâu tī lán ê hoeh lāi té (POJ)
lâu tī lán ê hueh lāi té (TRS)
flows inside our blood
鄭宜農 Enno Cheng released a song inspired by #WhiteTerror victim Kuo Ching/郭慶 and his daughter Kuo Su-Chen/郭素貞's story

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
tshíng-guān (TRS)
chhéng-goān (POJ)
請願
petition
On Feb 4th, the Trump administration appointed Darren Beattie to the third highest position in the US state department as an acting role. (1/3)

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
thó-ià ê tsha̍t-á
討厭的小偷
disliked thieves
This graphic shows for the month of January 2025, PRC military actions around Taiwan.
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#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
Tâi-oân lâng uē tô· (POJ)
Tâi-uân lâng uē tôo (TRS)
台灣人畫圖
Taiwanese people drawing paintings
When going through my father's old books, i found this collection of works by famous Taiwanese painting artists (台灣畫壇名家作品集)

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
Lô-môa kau tsa̍p gōo hō (TRS)
Lô-môa kau cha̍p gō͘ hō (POJ)
流麻溝十五號
Lô-môa kau section Number 15
Lô-môa kau is a river in Green Island. Section Number 15 is a women's prison in Green Island during #WhiteTerror.

Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
gôan-chū-bîn (POJ)
gûan-tsū-bîn (TRS)
原住民
original inhabitants
This poem (si/詩) "Nahuy People from the Cloud" by
C J Anderson Wu shares the struggle of the Nahuy/Sky-Pointing Rock gûan-tsū-bîn.

#Taiwanese #Taigi #Hokkien phrase of the week
chi̍t-sì-lâng éng-oán tō-sī Tâi-oân lâng (POJ)
tsi̍t-sì-lâng íng-uán tō-sī Tâi-uân lâng (TRS)
一世人, 永遠就是臺灣人
In this lifetime, forever will be Taiwanese people

Homepage - Formosan Association for Public Affairs As a 501(c) NGO, FAPA provides US policymakers, the media, scholars and the general public with information on issues related to Taiwan.

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
khui-hōe (POJ)
khui-hūe (TRS)
開會
Have a meeting
This past weekend I attended a national meeting for the Formosan Association for Public Affairs. fapa.org

#Taiwanese #Hokkien #Taigi phrase of the week
ūn-tsuán jîn-sing (TRS)
運轉人生
Life Goes On
Sometimes we face challenges and difficulties in our lives. No matter what, Life goes on and we must find the resilience to move forward.
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