Singularity or just Chinese New Year?
replyThe Singularity will occur on a Tuesday, during Chinese New Year
replyPlease use the term “Lunar New Year” instead of “Chinese New Year,” as the lunar calendar is a respected tradition in many Asian countries. For example, both California and New York use the term “Lunar New Year” in their legislation.
replyFor another example, Singapore, one of the "many Asian countries" you mentioned, list "Chinese New Year" as the official name on government websites. [0] Also note that both California and New York is not located in Asia.
replyAnd don't get me started with "Lunar New Year? What Lunar New Year? Islamic Lunar New Year? Jewish Lunar New Year? CHINESE Lunar New Year?".
[0] https://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/public-holidays
“Lunar New Year” is vague when referring to the holiday as observed by Chinese labs in China. Chinese people don’t call it Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year anyways. They call it Spring Festival (春节).
replyAs it turns out, people in China don’t name their holidays based off of what the laws of New York or California say.
I didn't expect language policing has reached such level. This is specifically related to China and DeepSeek who celebrates Chinese new year. Do you demand all Chinese to say happy luner new year to each other?
reply"Happy Holidays" comes to the diaspora
replyHappy Lunar Holidays to you!
reply"Lunar New Year" is perhaps over-general, since there are non-Asian lunar calendars, such as the Hebrew and Islamic calendars.
replyThat said, "Lunar New Year" is probably as good a compromise as any, since we have other names for the Hebrew and Islamic New Years.
This all seems like a plot to get everyone worshipping the Roman goddess Luna.
replyBut they're Chinese companies specifically, in this case
replyWhere do all of those Asian countries have that tradition from?
replyHave you ever had a Polish Sausage? Did it make you Polish?