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mcmcc2
02-09-2005, 01:09 PM
I am posting a questions that was 1st asked to me on our own message board. http://moyyatrichmond.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2

Here is the question

.Greetings to all...I am beginning this open topic with a biggie. The issue of The spelling of our system is crucial in some conversations. In some family systems it is spelled as Ving Tsun (VT), WC, VC, and even as WT. Why and what... is their any difference (outside of who is teaching it and their affiliation.

Please help and answer this for me if anyone here can do so.


MCMcC2
Ultimatewingchun
02-09-2005, 01:14 PM
Well if you're not trolling then you've been hiding in a closet for a lot of years...

and by the way - that picture that you see hangin' on the wall...would you like to know who that is?

Well...it ain't Tony Bennett.
Phil Redmond
02-09-2005, 01:59 PM
Originally posted by mcmcc2
I am posting a questions that was 1st asked to me on our own message board. http://moyyatrichmond.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2

Here is the question

.Greetings to all...I am beginning this open topic with a biggie. The issue of The spelling of our system is crucial in some conversations. In some family systems it is spelled as Ving Tsun (VT), WC, VC, and even as WT. Why and what... is their any difference (outside of who is teaching it and their affiliation.

Please help and answer this for me if anyone here can do so.

MCMcC2
To a native Cantonese speaker the characters for WC,VT, WT will be pronounced 'Wing Chun'. HK was once a British colony and the letters WC can mean 'water closet' (toilet) to Brits. The WC people in HK didn't want the initials WC to be associated with Wing Chun so someone came up with another Romanization. It became Ving Tsun (VT) in HK.
WT, Wing Tsun is used by Leung Ting's organization. But like I said earlier. In Chinese it is Wing Chun in Cantonese and Yong Chun in Mandarin.
PR
RedJunkRebel
02-11-2005, 06:55 PM
Welcome to the fist of the Water Closet . If we don't kick your a$$, the smell certainly will. Those old Hong Kong rooftop challenges take on a whole new meaning. :)