I Love Weird Names In Taiwan
Who wouldn’t?
There’s a unique pleasure from living in Asia all these years.
Names.
From friends choosing such awesome English names as “Sandwich” and “Meatball” and being placed on their business cards to $200 million massive complexes and malls being named “Taiwan Spinning” and “Amazing Hall” in giant letters above the street.
I’m not sure of the exact reasoning behind all of these names other than they grant me a sly smile every time I pass by one.
But the store name above probably takes the cake. It used to be a foreign goods supermarket simply called “Jason’s” for a long time. Recently all the locations were bought out by another supermarket chain, shut down, revamped, and revealed as…Mia C’bon.
The thing is, no one here can say it. No one here knows what it means. Foreigners and locals alike.
I asked my French friend and he figured it was “Mia is good.” Which would obviously be a ridiculous name. So, today I did a bit of digging and finally found out the reasoning, and that amused smile crept up on my face yet again.
Because I was left even more confused:
